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BRP LLC (DELAWARE) v. MC LA MINERALS LLC

No. 50,549-CA.

196 So.3d 37 (2016)

BRP LLC (DELAWARE), Plaintiff-Appellant v. MC LOUISIANA MINERALS LLC, Chesapeake Louisiana LP, PXP Louisiana LLC, PXP Louisiana Operations LLC, Empresa Energy LLC, Chesapeake Royalty LLC, Black Stone Minerals Company LP, Ivory Acquisitions Partners LP, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., International Paper Company, Swepi LP and Forestland Partners LP, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 18, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davidson, Jones & Summers, APLC, by Randall S. Davidson , Grant E. Summers , Julia E. Blewer , Shreveport, LA, for Appellant.

Baker & Hostetler L.L.P., by Michael W. Mengis , Baker Donelson, by Sarah K. Casey , Kenneth M. Klemm , Stamey & Miller, L.L.C., by Joseph B. Stamey , Erika F. Cedars , for Appellees, MC Louisiana, Louisiana LP, PXP, Louisiana LLC, PXP, Louisiana Operations LLC, Empresa Energy LLC, Chesapeake Royalty LLC, Empress LLC.

Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea, LLC, by Katherine S. Baker , Joseph L. Shea, Jr. , Shreveport, LA, for Appellees, Black Stone Minerals Company LP, Ivory Acquisitions Partners LP & Ivory Working Interests.

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

Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP, by Tim Gray , Jason Elam , for Appellee, International Paper Company.

Liskow & Lewis, by Lawrence P. Simon, Jr. , Lafayette, LA, for Appellee, Swepi LP.

Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leah, L.L.C., by Paul D. Spillers , Monroe, LA, for Appellee, Forestland Partners LP.

Before WILLIAMS, GARRETT, and BLEICH (Ad Hoc), JJ.

This matter involves a dispute over the proper interpretation to be given to a depth limitation clause contained in a large sale of mineral interests in 2008, from International Paper Company ("IP") to Chesapeake Royalty, LLC ("Chesapeake"). The plaintiff here, BRP, LLC ("BRP"), later acquired mineral interests from IP and brought this...

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