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Takings Clause Mineral Leases

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Limitations and Standing to Sue Dry Up Landowners’ Claim to Texas Riverbed

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State of Texas. V. Reimer et al. studied lawyer-nerdy questions of standing to bring a lawsuit and statutes of limitations as applied to inverse condemnation suits.  Spoiler alert: To the chagrin of the landowners, waiting...more

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No Sovereign Immunity for the Texas Land Commissioner

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Suing a state and its public officials is difficult because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity. There are exceptions. State of Texas v. Signal Drilling, et al. presents several of them....more

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After Losing the Vote, Oil & Gas Opponents Try Litigation

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Recently, Colorado voters rejected Proposition 112, which would have changed Colorado law to require 2,500-foot setbacks between new oil and gas development and homes or other (vaguely described) “vulnerable areas.” It has...more

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