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Operator Excused from Texas Relinquishment Act Claims

By Charles Sartain on May 26, 2025
Posted in Lease Disputes, Statutes

Co-author Gunner West

In Williams O & G Resources, LLC v. Diamondback Energy, Inc., a federal magistrate judge concluded that the Texas Relinquishment Act does not apply to public-school lands patented after 1931. The report and recommendation was adopted by the district court.

The facts

Williams’ predecessor-in-interest acquired a tract of public land from…

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