FURIE PETROLEUM CO., L.L.C. v. SWEPI, LP

Nos. 49,462-CA, 49,463-CA.

152 So.3d 255 (2014)

FURIE PETROLEUM COMPANY, L.L.C. and Silver Spur Royalty Company, L.L.C., Plaintiffs v. SWEPI, LP, Encana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc., Pride Oil and Gas Properties, Inc., Cloyce C. Clark, Jr. and Martha Chamberlain Clark, Defendants. Cloyce C. Clark, Jr., et ux., Plaintiffs v. Eugene Copeland, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. "Buddy" Caldwell , Attorney General, Ryan M. Seidemann , Steven B. "Beaux" Jones , Daniel D. Henry, Jr. , Assistant Attorneys General, for Intervenor-Appellant, State of Louisiana.

Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea LLC by David R. Taggart , Leland G. Horton , Sarah A. Kirkpatrick , Shreveport, for Furie Petroleum Company, L.L.C. and Silver Spur Royalty Company, L.L.C.

Kevin J. Severson , Covington, for Succession of Eugene Copeland.

Cook, Yancey, King & Galloway by Herschel E. Richard, Jr. , John T. Kalmbach , Shreveport, for Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. and Pride Oil & Gas Properties, Inc.

Liskow & Lewis by Lawrence P. Simon , Brian W. Capell , Nicohlas S. Wise , Jeffrey D. Lieberman , Lafayette, for SWEPI LP.

James G. Bethard , Coushatta, for Cloyce C. Clark, Jr. and Martha Chamberlain Clark.

D. Scott Brown , Mansfield, M. Amy Burford McCartney , Shreveport, for Briarwood Finance Co., LLC.

Before BROWN, STEWART and CARAWAY, JJ.


The State of Louisiana ("State") appeals a ruling denying its right to intervene into these consolidated actions for declaratory judgment regarding the mineral ownership of a large tract of land. The State claims that a navigable waterway which it owns divides the tract into two parts. If established, this fact concerning the State's...

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