Legal Opinion
Ballard v. XTO ENERGY, INC.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided March 24, 2011No. Civil Action 1:09-cv-1557PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
DEE D. DRELL, District Judge.
Before the Court is the motion for summary judgment of Defendants XTO Energy, Inc. (“XTO”) and T.S. Dudley Land Company, Inc (“T.S. Dudley”) (collectively “Defendants”) (Doc. 31). Plaintiff Bob B. Ballard (“Plaintiff’) makes claims against Defendants based on breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and fraud. For the written reasons given below, we GRANT Defendants’ motion and ORDER that Plaintiffs claims be DISMISSED, with prejudice.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiff owns approximately 15 acres of land in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, where a boom in mineral…
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