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Ambiguity Sends an Overriding Royalty Dispute Back to the Trial Court

By Charles Sartain on July 18, 2013
Posted in Lease Disputes, Royalty Disputes
Co-author Bill Drabble

It must be maddening to non-lawyers that a large segment of an industry can operate in harmony by agreeing that a contract in widespread use means one thing, only to have party-crashers decide it means another. Total E & P U.S.A., Inc. v. Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. et al arose out…

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I have been helping clients of all types resolve their commercial disputes for most of my 35 years as a lawyer. Of the many industries in which I have worked, the energy business is the most fascinating…More

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