Louisiana Court of Appeal, 2022

Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. v. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and Thomas Harris, in his offocial capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. v. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and Thomas Harris, in his offocial capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Louisiana Court of Appeal · Decided July 5, 2022

Devon Energy Production Company, L.P. v. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and Thomas Harris, in his offocial capacity as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

Opinion

STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION NO. 2022 CW 0349 COMPANY, L. P.

VERSUS

LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THOMAS HARRIS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE LOUISIANA JULY 05, 2022 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Devon Production Company, L. P., applying for In Re: Energy writs, 19th Judicial District Court, supervisory Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 699354.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, WELCH, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The trial court' s March 23, 2022 the motion for judgment filed by Devon ruling denying summary LP, is hereby vacated. When the Energy Production Company, trial court originally issued the alternative writ of mandamus

order, the court ordered defendants to show cause why the mandamus relief should not issue. See La. Code Civ. P. art.

3865. Although set for a show cause hearing, the matter was stayed. The matter is remanded and the trial court is instructed to conduct the show cause hearing on the petition for mandamus.

PMC JEW CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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