HALL PONDEROSA, LLC v. STATE

No. 54,678-CA.

345 So.3d 537 (2022)

HALL PONDEROSA, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. STATE of Louisiana, THROUGH LOUISIANA STATE LAND OFFICE; John Lavin, Director of Louisiana State Land Office, Defendant-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BETHARD & BETHARD, L.L.P., By: Benjamin T. Bethard , Coushatta, Matthew S. Kelley , PETTIETTE, ARMAND, DUNKELMAN, WOODLEY, BYRD & CROMWELL, L.L.P., By: Edwin H. Byrd, III , Shreveport, Counsel for Appellant.

JEFFREY M. LANDRY , Louisiana Attorney General, RYAN M. SEIDEMANN , Baton Rouge, CHRISTOPHER J. LENTO , Assistant Attorneys General, Counsel for Appellees, State of Louisiana, through Louisiana State Land Office; John Lavin, Director of the Louisiana State Land Office; and State of Louisiana Mineral and Energy Board.

DAVIDSON SUMMERS, A.P.L.C., By: J. Davis Powell , Shreveport, Counsel for Appellee, Stephens Sisters, L.L.C.

THE PARKS FIRM, L.L.C., By: Santi A. Parks , Bossier City, Counsel for Appellees, Elizabeth Fisher Lester Minerals, L.L.C.; and Elizabeth Fisher Lester Land, L.L.C.

NICKELSON LAW P.L.L.C., By: John C. Nickelson , Shreveport, Counsel for Appellee, Random Precision, L.L.C.

RANDAZZO, GIGLIO & BAILEY, L.L.C., By: Joseph Charles Giglio, III , Lafayette, Counsel for Appellee, Vine Oil & Gas, L.P.

Before MOORE, COX, and MARCOTTE, JJ.


This suit arises out of the 39th Judicial District Court, Red River Parish, Louisiana, ad hoc Judges Dee Hawthorne and John Robinson presiding. Hall Ponderosa, LLC ("Hall") brought suit against the State of Louisiana to be declared the owner of certain land and minerals along the Red River. The trial court found against Hall, and...

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