Legal Opinion
Vermilion Parish School Board v. ConocoPhillips Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 1, 2012No. CA 11-999PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EZELL, Judge.
| jThese consolidated cases present the res nova issue of whether an action by the Vermilion Parish School Board (VPSB) for underpayment of royalties, on its behalf and on behalf of the State, is subject to the three-year prescriptive period found in La. Civ.Code art. 3494. The VPSB argues that the leases at issue cover Section 16 lands which are state-owned properties not subject to the three-year prescriptive period. La.Civ.Code art. 3494(5). All three trial courts held that the three-year prescriptive period is applicable. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Grasser Contracting Co. v. City of New OrleansLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1927
- Leake v. ParsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1925
- Terrebonne Parish School Board v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
- STATE ETC. v. City of PinevilleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1981
- State v. F. B. Williams Cypress Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
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