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COASTAL OIL & GAS CORP. v. GARZA ENERGY TRUST

No. 05-0466.

268 S.W.3d 1 (2008)

COASTAL OIL & GAS CORP. and Coastal Oil & Gas USA, L.P., Petitioners, v. GARZA ENERGY TRUST et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth N. Miller, Jane M.N. Webre, Scott Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Petitioners.

Ramon Garcia, Law Offices of Ramon Garcia, P.C., Edinburg, TX, Michael D. Jones, Clarence E. Reed, Kilburn Jones & Gill, LLP, Houston, TX, George L. Willingham, Law Offices of George L. Willingham, Bennett Stahl, Curl & Stahl, P.C., Roy R. Barrera III, Golden & Barrera, L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Respondents.

Jerry Patterson, Texas General Land Office, Rex H. White, Jr., Law Offices of Rex H. White, Jr., John Robert Hayes, Hayes & Owens, Lindil Carol Fowler, Austin, TX, Everard A. Marseglia Jr., Liskow & Lewis, Houston, TX, Raymond B. Roush, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, OK, David M. Hundley, Dallas, TX, W. Wendell Hall, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., San Antonio, TX, for Amici.

Justice HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice BRISTER, Justice Green, Judge CHRISTOPHER,1 and Justice PEMBERTON2 joined, and in all but Part II-B of which Justice JEFFERSON, Justice MEDINA, Justice JOHNSON, and Justice WILLETT joined.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether subsurface hydraulic fracturing of a natural gas well that extends into another's property is a trespass for which...

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