Legal Opinion
PEC Minerals LP v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 31, 2011No. 10-40967UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
This case involves the interpretation of a 1944 oil and gas lease (the “Lease”). Plaintiff-Appellant PEC Minerals LP (“PEC”), successor in interest to the original lessor, filed suit seeking to force Defendant-Appellee Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (“Chevron”), successor in interest to the original lessee, to release all its rights under the Lease to certain disputed acreage. PEC argued to the district court that a provision of the Lease amended the Lease’s “habendum” clause such that continued production of oil or gas on a particular unit of land continued the lease in force only as to…
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- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 2003
- Hitzelberger v. Samedan Oil Corp., Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1997
- Morgan v. Plano Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Virgil Mathews v. Sun Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1968
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