Oil and Gas
Magnolia Coal Terminal v. Phillips Oil Company, 576 So.2d 475 (La. Sup. Ct., March 11, 1991) (right of property owner-lessor to tort, contract and nuisance remedies against oil and gas lessee for pollution cleanup recognized in case of first impression; regulatory preemption counter-arguments rejected)
Fred Sharp Sanders, et al. v. Roland Gary, et al., No. 95-CW-0070 & No. 95-CW-0940, 657 So. 2d 1085, (1st Cir. La. App., June 23, 1995) (holding that trial court has jurisdiction to issue injunctions, even when the case involves mineral production otherwise regulated by the Commissioner of Conservation; rejection of administrative stay request; the trial court has jurisdiction to award restoration damages, even without prior Department of Environmental Quality approval).
