_ _ _ _ _ _ In Re: Allen Johnson, et al. - Appellant Plaintiff; Certified Question, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Number(s) 22-30302; _ _ _ _ _ _ January 24, 2024 Certification denied. See order. Wjc Jlw Jdh Sjc Jtg Jbm Pdg 01

Supreme Court of Louisiana
January 24, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
ALLEN JOHNSON; LINDA JOHNSON;
DONALD A. CROSSLIN, JR.; MARY JO
GRAGG; RODNEY M. HUDSON; CLIFTON
LAYMAN; ALFRED R. MESHELL; SHERMAN
R. MESHELL; DAVID E. OLIVER; TRACY
OLIVER; LAURA S. PENDLETON; ANDREW L.
PICCOLO; KARLA S. PICCOLO; RANDALL S.
RODGERS; FREDDIE P. SPOHRER; TIM G.
TAYLOR; CHARLES R. WALDON; REXFORD
GALEN WHITE; JAMES SHOPE; DONNA
SHOPE; CHARLOTTE MCCUNE; JERRY
MCCUNE
VS.
CHESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, L.P.;
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.
No. 2023-CQ-01565
_ _
_ _ _ _
IN
RE: Allen Johnson, et al. - Appellant Plaintiff; Certified Question, United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Number(s) 22-30302;
_ _ _ _ _ _
January 24, 2024
Certification denied. See order.
WJC
JLW
JDH
SJC
JTG
JBM
PDG
01/24/2024 "See News Release 004 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No.
2023-CQ-01565
AL
LEN JOHNSON; LINDA JOHNSON; DONALD A. CROSSLIN, JR.;
MARY JO GRAGG; RODNEY M. HUDSON; CLIFTON LAYMAN;
ALFRED R. MESHELL; SHERMAN R. MESHELL; DAVID E. OLIVER;
TRACY OLIVER; LAURA S. PENDLETON; ANDREW L. PICCOLO;
KARLA S. PICCOLO; RANDALL S. RODGERS; FREDDIE P. SPOHRER;
TIM G. TAYLOR; CHARLES R. WALDON; REXFORD GALEN WHITE;
JAMES SHOPE; DONNA SHOPE; CHARLOTTE MCCUNE; JERRY
MCCUNE
V
S.
C
HESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, L.P.; CHESAPEAKE OPERATING, L.L.C.
OR
DER
Cons
idering the “ Motion for Expedited Consideration o f Certification and
Consolidation with Related Case” filed by relators, Chesapeake Louisiana, L.P., and
Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.,
IT IS ORDERED THAT the motion be and hereby is denied. Because the
question certified in this matter is virtually identical to the question we will consider
in Self v. BPX Operating Co., 2023-CQ-1242, we will defer any consideration of the
instant matter pending finality of our opinion in Self. Relators may request leave to
file an amicus curiae brief in Self pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Supreme
Court Rule VII, §12.
NEW
ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, this ___ day of January 2024.
F
OR THE COURT:
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_______________________________________
JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
01/24/24