Legal Opinion
Crooks v. Placid Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided August 28, 2001No. CIV. A. 00-1324PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM RULING
LITTLE, Chief Judge.
Before this Court is defendant United States of America’s (“United States”) opposed Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) 12(b)(1). For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On 5 June 2000, plaintiffs Steve H. Crooks, Era Lea Crooks (“the Crooks”), and Thurston M. Beadle (“Beadle”) filed a complaint against defendants Placid Oil Company, Louisiana Hunt Petroleum Corp., and Hunt Petroleum Corp., pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332, which alleged that a mineral…
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