Legal Opinion
Tardan v. Chevron Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 29, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 71-675PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGMENT
R. BLAKE WEST, District Judge.
In this diversity action, the plaintiffs, heirs of one Jules Lapene, seek to remove a cloud on their alleged title to two hundred and thirty-three acres of oil-rich water bottoms, ownership of which is claimed by the State of Louisiana, and on which the Louisiana State Mineral Board has granted mineral leases to Chevron Oil Company. Named defendants are Chevron and the Mineral Board. At issue before the Court is defendants’ motion to dismiss, based upon their contentions, first, that the State (a) in its capacity as defendant-lessor and (b) in its…
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- Ferdinand Henry Schutten v. Shell Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Jean Tardan and Roger Tardan v. Chevron Oil Company (The California Company Division) and State Mineral Board of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972