Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-08 06:09:58.982614+00
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Opinion filed July 7, 2023

                                    In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                  __________

                             No. 11-23-00083-CV
                                 __________

 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P., Appellants
                                       V.
MCCLURE OIL COMPANY, INC. AND FINA 945 L.C., Appellees

                                      AND

           DRIVER PRODUCTION, L.P., ET AL., Appellants
                                       V.
   DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION COMPANY, L.P., ET AL.,
                    Appellees

                     On Appeal from the 118th District Court
                           Glasscock County, Texas
                          Trial Court Cause No. 1895

                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
       Benella, LLC, Broadmoor Land and Minerals, LLC, Buckhorn Minerals III,
L.P., Buckhorn Minerals III-QP, LP, Congress Energy Ventures, LLC, Leon and
JoAnn Halfmann Family LP, C. Michael Hoch, Individually and as Independent
Executor of the Estate of Linda Lanelle Hoch, Forest M. Hoch, Leroy Hoelscher,
Valeria Hoelscher, Lynette Jansa, Mitchell Jansa, Joe D. Schwartz, Joseph Schwartz,
Melinda Gail Schwartz, Rose Schwartz, Sourcing Rock, LLC, and TD Minerals,
LLC, (the Benella Appellants) have filed in this court a joint motion for partial
dismissal of this appeal. In the motion, the Benella Appellants indicate that they no
longer desire to pursue an appeal. The Benella Appellants state that, therefore, they
move to voluntarily dismiss their appeal in the above matters.                               The Benella
Appellants indicate that Vital Energy, Inc. f/k/a Laredo Petroleum, Inc., Graham
Sons Minerals, LLC, Pioneer Natural Resources, SH Permian Minerals, Devon
Energy Production Company, L.P., and Driver Production, L.P. do not oppose the
relief requested in the motion. The remaining parties have not filed a response in
this court that would indicate that they are opposed to the motion for partial
dismissal. Consequently, we are of the opinion that the motion for partial dismissal
should be granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1), (b).
        Accordingly, we grant the motion for partial dismissal filed jointly by the
Benella Appellants, and we dismiss this appeal in part. The portion of the appeal
relating to the Benella Appellants is dismissed. Appellants’ appeal remains active
with respect to the remaining parties.

                                                           PER CURIAM
July 7, 2023
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Wright, S.C.J. 1

Williams, J., not participating.

        1
          Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired), Court of Appeals, 11th District of Texas at Eastland,
sitting by assignment.
                                                      2