Co-author Brittany BlakeyFirst, a word for you scriveners: Preserve your reputation and the honor of your law school writing instructor by preparing clear and understandable contracts. Then your handiwork won’t be disparaged as “opaquely worded” “cryptic language”, suffering from “lack of accuracy and lack of clarity”, and “containing grammatical and logical errors”, as in
As promised, here is a more in-depth analysis of the recent Supreme Court of Texas opinion in TRO-X LP v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. The piece was prepared by Gray Reed lawyers Charles Sartain, Chance Decker and Ethan Wood.
Co-author Chance Decker
In Murphy Exploration & Production Co. — USA v. Adams the Texas Supreme Court held that an offset well clause in an oil and gas lease did not require the lessee to drill wells calculated to protect against drainage. Four dissenting justices believed the majority disregarded the well-established meaning of “offset well” used in the oilfield for decades.
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