Energy Development Corp. v. Quality Environmental Processes, Inc.

|.¡SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, Judge.

In this mineral rights litigation, plaintiff seeks nullification of an amended judgment on the basis that it grants substantive relief and, thus, violates La. C.C.P. art.1951. For the reasons that follow, we declare the district courts November 14, *5142001 amended judgment null, set it aside and1 reinstate the judgment entered December 17,1999.

This litigation arose over disputed mineral rights on land known as the “Protective Area” in the Sunrise Field area of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.1 After a three-day bench trial in October of 1999, the trial judge took the…