Legal Opinion
Clovelly Oil Co., LLC v. Midstates Petroleum Co., LLC
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 6, 2012No. 12-142PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Judge.
| ,The operator under a joint operating agreement appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of a non-operator and a secured creditor of the non-operator. For the following reasons, we reverse the judgment in favor of the non-operator but affirm the judgment in favor of the secured creditor.
FACTS
This matter arises out of a joint operating agreement (the JOA) dated July 17, 1972, which was later assigned to Clovelly Oil Co. LLC (Clovelly) and Midstates Petroleum Company, LLC (Midstates). Clovelly is the successor in interest to the operator designated in the…
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