Legal Opinion
Stirman v. Exxon Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2002No. 01-50632PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in this class action case, John Stirman and Beth Blakemore Hunter, allege that defendant Exxon Corporation breached its lease obligations to them and to a class of similarly situated individuals by violating an implied covenant to market the natural gas and natural gas liquids (collectively, “natural gas”) that were the subject of the leases. Exxon allegedly did so by transferring the natural gas within its own divisions at a lower price than the price realized in third party sales, causing the royalty owners to receive lower royalty payments. The…
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