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BP AMERICA PRODUCTION CO. v. MARSHALL

No. 09-0399.

342 S.W.3d 59 (2011)

BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, Atlantic Richfield Company and Vastar Resources, Inc., Petitioners, v. Stanley G. MARSHALL, Jr., Robert Ray Marshall, Catherine Irene Marshall f/k/a Catherine I.M. Hashmi, and Margaret Ann Marshall f/k/a Margaret A.M. Jeffus, by and through David Jeffus, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Margaret Marshall, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided May 13, 2011.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. King , King & Pennington, L.L.P., James P. Pennington , Law Offices of James Pennington, J. Gregory Copeland , Jennifer Hope Naylor Kingaard , Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, Thomas R. Phillips , Stacy Rogers Sharp , Evan Andrew Young , Baker Botts L.L.P., Austin, for BP America Production Company.

James K. Jones Jr. , Edward Frederick Maddox , Jones, Gonzalez & Maddox, An Association, Laredo, Timothy Patton , Timothy Patton, PC, San Antonio, for Stanley G. Marshall, Jr.

Pamela Stanton Baron , Michael E. McElroy , John Michael Quinlan , McElroy Sullivan & Miller, L.L.P., Austin, Arnulfo Gonzalez , Law Offices of Arnulfo Gonzalez, Laredo, for Wagner Oil Company.

David M. Gunn , Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Austin, Richard G. Morales Jr. , Ricardo E. Morales , Marisela Rangel , Person Whitworth Borchers & Morales LLP, Laredo, Erin H. Huber , Beck, Redden & Secrest, L.L.P., Houston, for Vaquillas Ranch Co., Ltd.

Everard A. Marseglia Jr. , Liskow & Lewis, A PLC, Houston, for Amicus Curiae The Texas Oil & Gas Association.

Dee J. Kelly , Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, Fort Worth, for Amicus Curiae Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP.

Mary A. Keeney , Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, for Amicus Curiae Texas Land and Mineral Owners Assoc'n.

Justice LEHRMANN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves two related oil and gas mineral lease disputes that were jointly tried. One of the disputes is between petitioners BP America Production Co., Atlantic Richfield Co., and Vastar Resources, Inc. (collectively "BP"), the lessee and operator, and respondents the Marshall family, Stanley, Robert, Catherine, and Margaret Marshall, the lessors. The other is a dispute between BP's successors-in-interest...

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