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PETROHAWK PROPERTIES, L.P. v. JONES

No. 06-14-00003-CV.

455 S.W.3d 753 (2015)

PETROHAWK PROPERTIES, L.P., and P-H Energy, L.L.C., Appellants v. Noel Diane JONES, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided: January 14, 2015.

Rehearing Overruled February 3, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Tabolsky , Reagan W. Simpson , Yetter Coleman, LLP, Houston, TX, Harry L. Gillam, Jr. , Gillam & Smith, LLP, Marshall, TX, Stacy M. Neal , Guy S. Lipe , Nicholas Shum , Jason M. Powers , Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Houston, TX, for appellant.

Robert B. Dubose , Kevin H. Dubose , Roger Townsend , Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend, LLP, Houston, TX, John R. Mercy , Mercy, Carter, Tidwell, LLP, Texarkana, TX, W. Mark Cotham , Mark C. Harwell , Cotham, Harwell & O'Conor, Houston, TX, Dean A. Searle , Dean A. Searle, PC, Marshall, TX, for appellee.

Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Carter, JJ.

OPINION

I. Background

In 2008, oil and gas companies descended on east Texas and Louisiana seeking to acquire leases to exploit the Haynesville Shale formation, which they viewed as having enormous potential. The atmosphere created by these companies was described as "unreal," "a land rush," and comparable...

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