COLLINS v. GODCHAUX

No. 11-996.

86 So.3d 831 (2012)

Dan S. COLLINS, CPL & Associates, Inc., et al. v. Frank A. GODCHAUX, III, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Veron , Jere Jay Bice , Alonzo P. Wilson , Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC, Lake Charles, LA, Anthony J. Fontana , Abbeville, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellants, Dan S. Collins, CPL & Associates, et al.

M. Taylor Darden , Matthew J. Fantaci , Carver, Darden, Kortezky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Appellees and Third Party Plaintiffs, Frank A. Godchaux, III, et al.

Gerald F. Slattery, Jr. , Emile J. Dreuil, III , Slattery, Marino & Roberts, New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae, American Association of Professional Landmen.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


COOKS, Judge.

In this litigation between an independent petroleum landman and landowners of a mineral field, the trial court granted the landowners' motion for summary judgment alleging the landman engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in carrying out the duties set forth in a series of mineral consulting agreements between the parties. The landowners' reconventional demand seeking return of all monies paid in the past under the mineral consulting agreements...

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