CW-0015-0631 Nonprecedential Processed

D & D Drilling & Exploration, Inc. v. Xto Energy, Inc.

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit · Filed May 4, 2016

Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 3d Cir., July 13, 2016

Opinion text

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

CW 15-631 consolidated with CW 15-626

D & D DRILLING & EXPLORATION,

INC.

VERSUS

XTO ENERGY, INC., ET. AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF CONCORDIA, NO. 49008
HONORABLE RONALD L. LEWELLYN, DISTRICT JUDGE

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SHANNON J. GREMILLION (S)
JUDGE

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Court composed of Elizabeth A. Pickett, Shannon J. Gremillion, and Phyllis M.
Keaty, Judges.

WRITS GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.

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Leo Boothe
Attorney at Law
4134 Dunbarton Road
Ferriday, LA 71334
(318) 744-5414
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT:
D & D Drilling & Exploration, Inc.

William C. Rowe, Jr.
Joseph S. Manning
Jeffrey Scott Wittenbrink
Leighann N. Guilbeau
David C. Bolton
Mary Katherine Shoenfelt
Rowe Law Firm, LLC
5157 Bluebonnet Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
(225) 293-8787
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT:
D & D Drilling & Exploration, Inc.

Joseph I. Giarrusso, III
Joe Barrelle Norman
Kathryn Z. Gonski
Jaclyn E. Hickman
Liskow & Lewis
701 Poydras St., #5000
New Orleans, LA 70139-5099
(504) 581-7979
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT RESPONDENT:
XTO Energy, Inc.

Paul Matthew Jones
Liskow & Lewis
P. O. Box 52008
Lafayette, LA 70505-2008
(337) 232-7424
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT:
XTO Energy, Inc.

Michael P. Cash
Liskow & Lewis
1001 Fannin St., Ste 1800
Houston, TX 77002
(713) 651-2900
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT:
XTO Energy, Inc.

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Paula M. Wellons
Charles J. Duhe, Jr.
Michelle Louise Maraist
Taylor, Wellons, Politz, & Duhe, APLC
1515 Poydras Street, #1900
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 525-9888
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS:
Clifton D. Pritchard
Alliance Drilling Consultants, LLC

Barbara Bell Melton
Christie C. Wood
Faircloth, Melton, & Keiser, LLC
105 Yorktown Drive
Alexandria, LA 71303
(318) 619-7755
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS:
Clifton D. Pritchard
Alliance Drilling Consultants, LLC

Gerald Anthony Melchiode
James J. Reeves, II
Melchiode Marks King, LLC
639 Loyola Ave, Ste 2550
New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 336-2880
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPLICANTS:
James River Insurance Company

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GREMILLION, Judge.

For the reasons set forth in D&D Drilling & Exploration, Inc. v. XTO

Energy, Inc., et al., 15-626 (La.App. 3 Cir. ___/___/____), ____So.3d ____, the

writ application of Defendant/Applicant, XTO Energy, Inc., is granted and made

peremptory. The exception of improper venue filed by Defendant/Applicant is

granted, and this matter is ordered transferred to the Twenty-Eighth Judicial

District Court. All costs of these proceedings are taxed to Plaintiff/Respondent,

D&D Drilling & Exploration, Inc.

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