Crichton v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 36 state decisions

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1. “Plaintiffs do not contest the right of the State to regulate and control, or to prohibit the production of minerals; and in the light of the foregoing principles they do not contest the right of the State to impair the obligations of contracts under valid police powers such as was exercised by the Legislature in Act 157 of 1940 (now LSA-R.S. 30:2-30:20). The preliminary cause urged by all the plaintiffs for the cancellation of their lease is that the unitization of a portion of the leased premises did not prevent or relieve the defendant Woods from the performance of the drilling obligation which he expressly assumed. It is firmly established in our jurisprudence that statutory authority is granted to the Commissioner of Conservation to create drilling development units and to integrate various tracts of various owners contained in such units, that the orders of the Commissioner supersede, supplement, replace and are incorporated in the provisions and obligations of contracts and leases relating to mineral development. LSA-R.S. 30:1 et seq. It necessarily follows that these orders become the law as between the parties in determining their respective rights and obligations. Sec. 8(b) of Act 157 of 1940, as amended, LSA-R.S. 30:9(B), authorizes the commissioner to establish drilling units so as to prevent waste and to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells. The unit contemplated means the maximum area that might be efficiently and economically drained by one well, the owner of”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 406 So. 2d 636 - Rebstock v. Birthright Oil & Gas Co.

2. “"And further, plaintiffs as the owners of the leased premises are entitled to receive the same proportionate share of the revenues from producing wells on any lands in the unitized area as they would receive if a well producing in paying quantities were drilled upon the property covered by the lease. In other words, if a well were drilled on their tract of land, the production would be prorated among all the owners of mineral rights in the drilling unit in the same proportion in which the production is now being distributed."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 91 So. 2d 423 - York v. Harper

3. “argument is not tenable because the defendants in reality have not failed to perform any obligation of their contract”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 91 So. 2d 423 - York v. Harper