Case Name: P. BORDAGES-ACCOUNT B, L.P.; Bordages Company; Robert F. Ford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIR PRODUCTS, L.P., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-15
Citations: 127 F. App'x 724
Docket Number: No. 04-41197
Parties: P. BORDAGES-ACCOUNT B, L.P.; Bordages Company; Robert F. Ford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIR PRODUCTS, L.P., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before SMITH, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 127
Pages: 724–726

Head Matter:
P. BORDAGES-ACCOUNT B, L.P.; Bordages Company; Robert F. Ford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIR PRODUCTS, L.P., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-41197.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided April 15, 2005.
Anthony G. Brocato, Sr., Law Offices of Anthony G. Brocato, Robert Keith Wade, Law Offices of Robert Keith Wade, Beaumont, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Eileen K. Wilson, T Christopher Trent, Johnson, Spalding, Doyle, West & Trent, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before SMITH, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiffs-Appellants P. Bordages-Account B, L.P.; Bordages Company; and Robert F. Ford (collectively, "Appellants") appeal the district court's grant of partial summary judgment in favor of DefendantAppellee Air Products, L.P. and the court's denial of Appellants' motion for summary judgment. Appellants own pieces of land burdened by pipeline easements. Air Products is the current owner of the easements and operator of the pipelines.
The easements allow for the "transportation of oil, petroleum, gas, the products of each of the same, water, other liquids and gases, and mixtures of any of the foregoing." (Emphasis added). Air Products transports hydrogen through the pipelines. The main issue in this case is whether the language "gas" and "other . gases" includes hydrogen.
In C & E Land Co. v. Air Products LP, 401 F.3d 602 (5th Cir.2005), we decided this precise question in the affirmative. The language in the pipeline easements in C & E Land was identical to the language of the easements in this case. Id. at 603. There, we held that "the language of the easement . unambiguously allows Air Products to transport hydrogen," because the plain meaning of "gas" and "other . gases" includes hydrogen. Id. C & E Land controls this case. Accordingly, we hold that the easement allows for the transportation of hydrogen.
Appellants also argue that their motion for summary judgment should have been granted because they own the surface fee title to the pipeline strips. Appellants cite Davidson v. Gelling, 153 Tex. 56, 263 S.W.2d 940 (1954), and, without more, state that "judgment should be entered in accordance with Davidson." It is not clear how Davidson supports Appellants' case, however, nor have Appellants provided us with any explanation. In short, Appellants' briefing of this issue is insufficient. Therefore, they have waived this argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 28(a)(9)(A).
For the foregoing reasons, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court granting partial summary judgment in favor of Air Products and denying Appellants' motion for summary judgment.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
. Air Products' motion for partial summary judgment did not address the issue of whether Air Products had the right to operate a pipeline on another piece of land owned by Plaintiff-Appellant Ford. The parties settled their dispute with regard to that issue, and the district court entered final judgment in favor of Air Products.