United States Fifth Circuit

In a dispute over royalty payments on a natural gas well, a sub-lessor had authority under a lease to pool leased land with neighboring land, and owed royalties to the property owner on a pooled basis; district court's ruling that sub-lessor cannot recapture payments was erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2003
• Published 04/08/2003

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge., Before BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and WALTER , District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kerry Kilburn (argued), Kilburn, Jones, Gill & Campbell, Houston, TX, for HS Resources, Inc., Robert Keith Wade (argued), Law Offices of Robert Keith Wade, Beaumont, TX, for Wingate.