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HERO LANDS CO., L.L.C. v. CHEVRON U.S.A.

NO. 2023-CA-0269.

381 So.3d 737 (2023)

HERO LANDS COMPANY, L.L.C. v. CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.; Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc.; Pioneer Natural Resources, Inc.; Key Operating & Production Company, L.L.C.; Key Exploration Company; Wagner Oil Company; Hilcorp Energy I, L.P.; Manti Operating Company; and Henderson Oil Company, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 7, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Swanson , H.S. Bartlett, III , Lance C. McCardle , E. Blair Schilling , FISHMAN HAYGOOD, L.L.P., 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 4600, New Orleans, LA 70170.

Gladstone N. Jones, III , Bernard E. Boudreaux , Kevin E. Huddell , Michael P. Arata , John T. Arnold , Rosa E. Acheson , JONES SWANSON HUDDELL LLC, 601 Poydras Street, Suite 2655, New Orleans, LA 70130.

S. Jacob Braud , BALLAY, BRAUD & COLON, PLC, 8114 Highway 23, Suite 101, Belle Chasse, LA 70037, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT, Hero Lands Company, L.L.C.

Michael R. Phillips , Claire E. Juneau , Jeffrey J. Gelpi , KEAN MILLER LLP, 909 Poydras Street, Suite 3600, New Orleans, LA 70112.

L. Victor Gregoire, Jr. , Richard D. McConnell, Jr. , John C. Funderburk , KEAN MILLER LLP, 400 Convention Street, Suite 700, Baton Rouge, LA 70802.

Robert E. Meadows (pro hac vice), Tracie J. Renfroe (pro hac vice), Elizabeth R. Taber (pro hac vice), Mitchell B. Bryant (pro hac vice), KING & SPALDING LLP, 1100 Louisiana, Suite 4100, Houston, TX 77002.

Martin A. Stern , Raymond P. Ward , Alexandra Roselli Lamb , ADAMS AND REESE LLP, 701 Poydras Street, Suite 4500, New Orleans, LA 70139, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE, Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

(Court composed of Judge Paula A. Brown, Judge Dale N. Atkins, Judge Nakisha Ervin-Knott).

This civil case concerns a plan formulated under La. R.S. 30:29 ("Act 312")1 for the evaluation and remediation of environmental damage on a certain piece of property as necessitated by decades of oil and gas operations on the property. Appellant, Hero Lands Company, L.L.C. ("Hero"), owns the subject...

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