Legal Opinion
Browning Oil Co., Inc. v. Luecke
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided November 9, 2000No. 03-98-00638-CVPublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
We withdraw our opinion and judgment of September 21, 2000, and substitute the following opinion.
This dispute concerns pooled units for the horizontal drilling of oil and gas. At issue is: (1) whether Lessees 1 improperly formed pooled units for two successful horizontal wells in violation of anti-dilution restrictions in the pooling provisions of the leases, and if so, (2) what remedy Lessors 2 are entitled to. The trial court determined that Lessees violated the pooling provisions in the leases, rendering the pooled units invalid. The trial…
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