Remember the Wilford Brimley character in The Firm? “I get paid to be suspicious when I’ve got nothing to be suspicious about.” Shell Oil Company v. Ross commands you to think like Mr. Brimley. If you suspect your lessee is not paying proper royalties, do not wait to investigate. Even if you don’t suspect anything
Royalty Disputes
The “single business enterprise” doctrine is alive and well in Louisiana
By Charles Sartain on
Posted in Royalty Disputes
A lessee, operator, and contract driller were found to be a “single business enterprise” for the purpose of imposing statutory penalties and attorney fees for failure to pay royalties. The principle is that if one corporation is wholly under the control of another, the fact is it is a separate entity does not relieve the…