Opinion
55,880-CW 55,881-CW
06-28-2024
FURIE PETROLEUM COMPANY, L.L.C. AND SILVER SPUR ROYALTY COMPANY, L.L.C. v. SWEPI, LP, ENCANA OIL & GAS (USA), INC., PRIDE OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES, INC., CLOYCE C. CLARK, JR. AND MARTHA CHAMBERLAIN CLARK CLOYCE C. CLARK, JR., et ux v. EUGENE COPELAND, et al
COOK, YANCEY, KING & GALLOWAY John Tucker Kalmbach William Drew Burnham Counsel for: Ovintiv USA, Inc., SWN Production (Louisiana), LLC, and Pride Oil and Gas Properties, Inc. AYRES, SHELTON, WILLIAMS, ET AL. Lee H. Ayres John Charles Dalton Griffin and D. SCOTT BROWN LAW OFFICE Daniel Scott Brown Counsel for: Furie Petroleum Company, LLC, Silver Spur Royalty Company, LLC, Briarwood Finance Company, LLC, and Hydrotek Resources, Inc. BETHARD & BETHARD, LLP James Guenard Bethard Counsel for: Cloyce C. Clark, Jr. and Martha Chamberlain Clark LISKOW & LEWIS Lawrence Paul Simon, Jr. Brian W. Capell Jared Elijah-Akeem Nelson Counsel for: Shell Legacy Holdings, LLC and Vine Oil & Gas, LP
FILED: 04/05/24
RECEIVED: EMAIL 04/05/24
On application of Ovintiv USA, Inc., SWN Production (Louisiana), LLC, and Pride Oil and Gas Properties, Inc. for SUPERVISORY WRIT in Nos. 70,733 and 70,764 on the docket of the Forty Second Judicial District, Parish of DESOTO, Judge James Hugh Boddie, Jr., ad hoc.
COOK, YANCEY, KING & GALLOWAY John Tucker Kalmbach William Drew Burnham Counsel for: Ovintiv USA, Inc., SWN Production (Louisiana), LLC, and Pride Oil and Gas Properties, Inc.
AYRES, SHELTON, WILLIAMS, ET AL. Lee H. Ayres John Charles Dalton Griffin and D. SCOTT BROWN LAW OFFICE Daniel Scott Brown Counsel for: Furie Petroleum Company, LLC, Silver Spur Royalty Company, LLC, Briarwood Finance Company, LLC, and Hydrotek Resources, Inc.
BETHARD & BETHARD, LLP James Guenard Bethard Counsel for: Cloyce C. Clark, Jr. and Martha Chamberlain Clark
LISKOW & LEWIS Lawrence Paul Simon, Jr. Brian W. Capell Jared Elijah-Akeem Nelson Counsel for: Shell Legacy Holdings, LLC and Vine Oil & Gas, LP
Before COX, STEPHENS, and HUNTER, JJ.
WRIT DENIED.
The applicants, Ovintiv USA, Inc., SWN Production (Louisiana), L.L.C., and Pride Oil and Gas Properties, Inc., seek supervisory review of the trial court's ruling denying its motion for partial summary judgment, exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and exception of non-joinder. On the showing made, the writ is denied. Her Utz Construction Co. v. Hotel Investors of New Iberia, 396 So.2d 878 (La. 1981).