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CONOCOPHILLIPS CO. v. KOOPMANN

Number 13-14-00402-CV.

542 S.W.3d 643 (2016)

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., L.P., and Lois Strieber, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Jerry Strieber, Appellants, v. Ralph Wade KOOPMANN, Karen Marie Koenig, and Lorene H. Koopmann, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

Delivered and filed May 19, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Scott Hastings , Elizabeth L. Tiblets , Fort Worth, TX, Kirsten M. Castaneda , Kevin D. Cullen , Victoria, TX, J. Clinton Schumacher , Michael V. Powell , Andrew M. Buttaro , Dallas, TX, for Appellants Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co., L.P., ConocoPhillips.

Carrie Schadle , Errol John Dietze , Cuero, TX, D. Mitchell McFarland , Houston, TX, for Appellants Lois Strieber, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Jerry Strieber.

Christopher Michael Volf , Ronald B. Walker , Victoria, TX, Mike Johanson , Sugar Land, TX, Todd Taylor , Kevin Christopher Kyser , Sugar Land, TX, for Appellees Ralph Wade Koopmann, Lorene H. Koopmann, and Karen Marie Koenig.

Amicus Curiae Cory Pomeroy , Austin, TX, for Texas Oil and Gas Association.

Amicus Curiae George S. Christian , Austin, TX, for Texas Civil Justice League.

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Longoria.

OPINION

This case concerns ownership of a non-participating royalty interest1 (NPRI) in the gross production of oil and gas covering a tract of land located in Dewitt County, Texas. On competing motions for summary judgment, the trial court entered a declaratory judgment...

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