Case Name: Charles Henry STAPLES, et al. v. TXO PRODUCTION CORPORATION
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-09-25
Citations: 512 So. 2d 449
Docket Number: No. 87-CC-2000
Parties: Charles Henry STAPLES, et al. v. TXO PRODUCTION CORPORATION.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 512
Pages: 449–449

Head Matter:
Charles Henry STAPLES, et al. v. TXO PRODUCTION CORPORATION.
No. 87-CC-2000.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Sept. 25, 1987.

Opinion:
In re TXO Production Corporation; applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial District Court, Div. "A", No. 85-49; 4th Judicial District Court, Div. "D", No. 85-49; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 19434-CW.
Granted in part. Denied in part. The judgments of the lower courts are reversed to the extent that plaintiffs' claims of drainage and claims related thereto, as contained in paragraphs 21, 22, 27B, C and D of their amended petition are dismissed as constituting a prohibited collateral attack on the order of the Commissioner. As to those claims plaintiffs must first exhaust their administrative remedies. R.S. 30:6(F) and R.S. 30:12(A). In all other respects defendant's application is denied.