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McCARTHY v. EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 2014-C-2607.

180 So.3d 252 (2015)

John C. McCARTHY, Individually and as Trustee of the Kathleen McCarthy Balden Trust, and Majorie M. Moss v. EVOLUTION PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Formerly know as Natural Gas Systems, Inc., and NGS Sub Corporation.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 14, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breithaupt, Dunn, Dubos, Shafto & Wolleson, Walter C. Dunn, Jr. , Patrick Scott Wolleson , Russell Woodard, Jr. , for Applicant.

Donald L. Kneipp , for Respondent.

We granted certiorari to determine whether the appellate court's recognition of a "novel and untested" cause of action comports with Louisiana mineral law. The purported cause of action imposes a duty on a mineral lessee purchasing the lessor's mineral royalty rights to disclose to the lessor that the lessee has already negotiated...

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