D & D DRILLING & EXPLORATION v. XTO ENERGY

Nos. 15-626, 15-631.

191 So.3d 1166 (2016)

D & D DRILLING & EXPLORATION, INC. v. XTO ENERGY, INC., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 4, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo Boothe , Attorney at Law, Ferriday, LA, William C. Rowe, Jr. , Joseph S. Manning , Jeffrey Scott Wittenbrink , Leighann N. Guilbeau , David C. Bolton , Mary Katherine Shoenfelt , Rowe Law Firm, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff/Respondent, D & D Drilling & Exploration, Inc.

Joseph I. Giarrusso, III , Joe Barrelle Norman , Kathryn Z. Gonski , Jaclyn E. Hickman , Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, Paul Matthew Jones , Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, Michael P. Cash , Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX for Defendant/Respondent, XTO Energy, Inc.

Paula M. Wellons , Charles J. Duhe, Jr. , Michelle Louise Maraist , Taylor, Wellons, Politz, & Duhe, APLC, New Orleans, LA, Barbara Bell Melton , Christie C. Wood , Faircloth, Melton, & Keiser, LLC, Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Applicants, Clifton D. Pritchard Alliance Drilling Consultants, LLC.

Gerald Anthony Melchiode , James J. Reeves, II , Melchiode Marks King, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants/Applicants, James River Insurance Company.

Court composed of ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, SHANNON J. GREMILLION, and PHYLLIS M. KEATY, Judges.


This matter comes before us on remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court. D & D Drilling & Exploration, Inc. v. XTO Energy, Inc., 15-1881 (La. 1½0/15), 180 So.3d 313. The issue in the case is whether venue is proper in Concordia Parish. For the reasons that follow, we conclude...

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