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

No. 53,113-CA, No. 53,114-CA.

285 So.3d 91 (2019)

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

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered November 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LISKOW & LEWIS By: Lawrence Paul Simon, Jr. , Brian W. Capell , Counsel for Appellants, SWEPI, LP and Vine Oil & Gas, LP

CHRISTOPHER LENTO , RYAN M. SEIDEMANN , RICHARD LOUIS TRAINA , Assistant Attorneys General, Counsel for Appellant/Intervenor, State of Louisiana

COOK, YANCEY, KING & GALLOWAY By: William Drew Burnham , John Tucker Kalmbach , Herschel Erskine Richard, Jr. , Counsel for Appellants, Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., GEP Haynesville, LLC, Pride Oil & Gas Properties, Inc.

BETHARD & BETHARD, LLP By: James Guenard Bethard , Counsel for Appellants, Cloyce C. Clark, Jr. and Martha Chamberlain Clark

AYRES, SHELTON, WILLIAMS, BENSON & PAINE, LLC By: Lee H. Ayres , Ryan P. Telep , D. SCOTT BROWN LAW OFFICE By: Daniel Scott Brown , Counsel for Appellees, Furie Petroleum Company, LLC, Silver Spur Royalty Company, LLC, Briarwood Finance Co., LLC, and Hydrotek Resources, Inc.

KEVIN SEVERSON , Counsel for Appellees/Intervenors, Annie Laurie Samuels, Harvey H. Samuels, Jr., Karen O. Lanier, Jamma Energy, LLC, Counsel for Appellees, Lanier Samuels Properties, LLC, and Succession of Eugene Copeland

Before STONE, COX, and THOMPSON, JJ.


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