Court Opinion

ID: 65175
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2010-04-26 05:46:04+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:37.045657
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM:
  
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  In this interpleader action, the parties dispute the interpretation of a 1943 oil and gas lease. Before transferring this matter to the Southern District of Texas, the district court for the Western District of Texas decided,
  
   inter■ alia,
  
  that the lease is a community lease, so the court had jurisdiction, and therefore interpleader was proper, and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. had no additional liability to the royalty owners. After transfer, the district court for the Southern District of Texas granted summary judgment, concluding that the “well bottom location controls payment of excess royalties” under the lease.
 

  We have reviewed the briefs and pertinent portions of the record and have heard the arguments of counsel. We also have consulted applicable sources of law.
 

  Both district courts correctly decided this case. The judgment is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons given by the district courts.
 

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   Pursuant to 5th Cut. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.