Case Name: EADS OPERATING COMPANY, INC. et al. v. Hon. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation of the State of Louisiana, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1986-12-19
Citations: 498 So. 2d 1088
Docket Number: No. 86-CC-2278
Parties: EADS OPERATING COMPANY, INC. et al. v. Hon. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation of the State of Louisiana, et al.
Judges: WATSON, J., dissents from the order.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 498
Pages: 1088–1088

Head Matter:
EADS OPERATING COMPANY, INC. et al. v. Hon. Herbert W. THOMPSON, Commissioner of Conservation of the State of Louisiana, et al.
No. 86-CC-2278.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 19, 1986.

Opinion:
In re Eads Operating Co. Inc.; Murchison Oil & Gas Inc.; Anderson, William; Bufler & Bufler Constr. Co.; Bufler, Claude; Bufler, Glenn; Davis Crude Inc.; Eads, John; Eads, Ralph; Eads, Ralph III; Garrity, James; Key, Martin L.; Mineral Projects Inc.; Ollinger, Harry; Pollution Control Systems Inc.; Peeples, Eugene M. IV; Peterson, Retha; Roland, George Dr.; Stroud, Richard; Western State Bank; Yager, Sam; Olafson, Jim; applying for writs of certiorari and/or supervisory writs; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. CW-86-1009; Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court, Div. "I", No. 291647.
Granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeal is vacated. The judgment of the trial court overruling the exceptions of no cause of action and prescription is reinstated. The case is remanded to the district court for trial on the merits.
WATSON, J., dissents from the order.