Debra Bodin, Astor Morgan, David Dyson, and Clomare Trahan v. Gulf Oil Corp., Sun Oil Co., Exxon U.S.A., Inc.

Plaintiffs Debra Bodin, Astor Morgan, David Dyson, and Clomare Trahan (“the Dysons”) appeal an order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Gulf Oil Corporation, Sun Oil Company, and Exxon U.S.A., Inc. Because we lack jurisdiction to address the Dysons’ appeal, we dismiss.

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The Dysons originally filed the instant suit against the defendant oil companies on August 26, 1986. In their complaint, the Dysons sought to recover from the oil companies certain monies as royalties on past mineral production from a tract of property which the Dysons claimed to have owned.…