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EXXON CORP. v. EMERALD OIL & GAS CO., L.C.

No. 05-0729.

331 S.W.3d 419 (2010)

EXXON CORPORATION and Exxon Texas, Inc., Petitioners, v. EMERALD OIL & GAS COMPANY, L.C., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 17, 2010.

Rehearing Granted November 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shannon H. Ratliff , Marla Diane Broaddus , Ratliff Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Karen L. Watkins , Patton G. Lochridge , William T. George , McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P., Austin, S. Jack Balagia Jr. , Exxon Mobil Corp., Byron C. Keeling , Keeling & Downes, P.C., Edward John "Jack" O'Neill Jr. , Howrey, L.L.P., Houston, for Petitioner.

William J. Joseph Jr. , Candace Beth Kaiser Eindorf, Howrey, L.L.P., Alice Oliver-Parrott , Alice Oliver-Parrott, P.C., Maria Teresa Arguindegui , Maria Teresa Arguindegui, P.C., Eileen O'Neill , Ware Jackson Lee & Chambers, LLP, Houston, Deborah G. Hankinson , Hankinson Levinger LLP, Dallas, Elana S. Einhorn , The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, for Respondent.

Zachary S. Brady , Zachary S. Brady, P.C., Lubbock, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice WAINWRIGHT delivered the opinion of the Court.

After issuing our opinion, we granted respondent's motion for rehearing on November 20, 2009 and obtained further briefing from the parties. Without further oral argument, we withdraw our opinion of March 27, 2009 and substitute the following opinion. Our judgment remains unchanged.1

In this oil and gas dispute, we determine whether section 85.321 of the Texas Natural Resources...

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