STATE v. LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION CO.

CA 17-830.

241 So.3d 1258 (2018)

STATE of Louisiana, et al. v. The LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION CO., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 14, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerold Edward Knoll , The Knoll, Law Firm, L.L.C., Post Office Box 426, Marksville, Louisiana 71351, (318) 253-6200, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: State of Louisiana, Vermilion Parish School Board.

Russell Karl Zaunbrecher , Edwards, Stefanski & Zaunbrecher, Post Office Drawer 730, Crowley, Louisiana 70527, (337) 783-7000, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: State of Louisiana, Vermilion Parish School Board.

Grady Joseph Abraham , Attorney at Law, 5040 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Suite 200, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508, (337) 234-4523, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: State of Louisiana, Vermilion Parish School Board.

William R. Coenen, III , Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, 17405 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810, (225) 400-9991, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS: State of Louisiana, Vermilion Parish School Board.

Calvin Eugene Woodruff, Jr. , Cooper & Woodruff, 220 South Jefferson Street, 3rd Floor, Abbeville, Louisiana 70510, (337) 898-5777, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Vermilion Parish School Board.

Louis Victor Gregoire, Jr. Kean, Miller LLP, 400 Convention Street, Suite 700, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802, (225) 387-0999, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Chevron USA, Inc. Carrollton Resources, LLC, Union Exploration Partners, LP, Union Oil Company of California, (collectively, "UNOCAL").

Kevin Wade Trahan , Ottinger, Hebert, L.L.C., Post Office Drawer 52606, Lafayette, Louisiana 70505, (337) 232-2606, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Chevron USA, Inc., Carrollton Resources, LLC, Union Exploration Partners, LP, Union Oil Company of California, (collectively, "UNOCAL").

Michael R. Phillips , Kean, Miller LLP, 909 Poydras Street, Suite 3600, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, (504) 585-3050, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Chevron USA, Inc., Carrollton Resources, LLC, Union Exploration Partners, LP, Union Oil Company of California, (collectively, "UNOCAL").

Robert E. Meadows , King & Spalding, LLP, 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4000, Houston, Texas 77002, (713) 751-3200, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES: Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., Chevron USA, Inc., Carrollton Resources, LLC, Union Exploration Partners, LP, Union Oil Company of California, (collectively, "UNOCAL").

Thomas E. Balhoff , Roedel Parsons Koch Blache Balhoff & McCollister, 8440 Jefferson Highway, Suite 301, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809, (225) 929-7033, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Shannon J. Gremillion, and John E. Conery, Judges.


In this oilfield remediation case, the Vermilion Parish School Board (VPSB), in its own right and on behalf of the State of Louisiana, appeals a judgment dated November 3, 2016, adopting the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources' (LDNR) most feasible plan for remediation of property damaged by oil and gas exploration and production...

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