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ENDEAVOR ENERGY v. DISCOVERY OPERATING

No. 15-0155.

554 S.W.3d 586 (2018)

ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES, L.P. and Endeavor Petroleum, L.L.C., Petitioners, v. DISCOVERY OPERATING, INC. and Patriot Royalty and Land, L.L.C., Respondents

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion delivered: April 13, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Brister , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, April E. Lucas , Joe Edward Lea Jr. , McGinnis, J. Derrick Price, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P, Austin, TX, C. H. (Hal) Brockett Jr. , Brockett & McNeel LLP, Midland, TX, David M. Gunn , Erin H. Huber , Beck Redden LLP, Houston, TX, for Petitioners.

David W. Lauritzen , Joseph A. Baker , Charles Christopher Aycock , Rick G. Strange , Cotton Bledsoe Tighe & Dawson, P.C., John A. `Jad` Davis Jr. , Davis, Gerald & Cremer, P.C., Midland, TX, Andrew (Drew) P. Mouton , Reina Cisneros , Mouton & Mouton, P.C., John T. Ferguson , Weaver & Ferguson, P.C, Big Spring, TX, Jill Christine Pennington , Law Office of Garrett W. Pennington, PLLC, Round Rock, TX, Ryan D. Clinton , Davis Gerald & Cremer, P.C., Austin, TX, for Respondents.

James V. Hammett Jr. , Attorney at Law, Lampasas, TX, for Amicus Curiae Browning Oil Company, Inc.

Michael E. McElroy , McElroy, Sullivan, Miller, Weber, Pamela Stanton Baron, Attorney at Law, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation.

Brandon Durrett , Melanie L. Fry , Dykema Cox Smith , San Antonio, TX, Garrett Pennington , Law Office of Garrett W. Pennington, PLLC, Round Rock, TX, for Amicus Curiae Pennington Resources, LLC.

Angela Nichole Doyle Staples , Tall City Exploration, LLC, Midland, TX, for Amicus Curiae Permian Basin Petroleum Association.

Alexander C. Schoch , Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin, TX, for Railroad Commission of Texas.

Rex H. White Jr. , Law Offices of Rex H. White, Jr., Austin, TX, for Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owner's Association.

Cory Pomeroy , Texas Oil & Gas Assoc'n, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Oil and Gas Association.

This case involves competing claims to mineral-lease interests in two tracts of land in Martin County. Discovery Operating, Inc., which has drilled producing wells on both tracts, bases its claim on leases acquired directly from the mineral-estate owners...

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