Stutes v. BASF

Stutes v. BASF

Plaintiff:	Keith Stutes
Defendant:	BASF Corporation, Bay Coquille, Incorporated, Brammer Engineering, Incorporated, BP America Production Company, Camex Operating Company, Camex, Incorporated, Castex Energy, Incorporated, Columbia Gulf Transmission, L.L.C., Conley P. Smith Operating Company, Conley P. Smith, L.L.C., Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission, L.L.C., Graham Royalty, Limited, Hess Corporation, Janex Oil Company, Incorporated, Jones Company, Limited, LLOG Exploration & Production Company, L.L.C., Mosbacher Energy Company, Noble Energy, Incorporated, Pacific Enterprises Oil Company (USA), Petrohawk Energy Corporation, Petro-Hunt, L.L.C., Texas Petroleum Investment Company, Union Oil Company of California, EnergyQuest II, L.L.C., EP Energy E&P Company, L.P., Freeport McMoRan Oil & Gas, L.L.C., McMoRan Oil & Gas, L.L.C., Meridian Resource & Exploration, L.L.C., Gulfport Energy Corporation, Apache Corporation, Shell Offshore, Incorporated, Shell Oil Company, SWEPI, L.P., Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., Godzilla Exploration Operating, L.L.C., formerly known as Manti Exploration Operating, L.L.C. and Diamondback E & P, L.L.C., incorrectly named as Energen Resources Corp
Intervenor:	State of Louisiana, ex rel., Liz Murrill, Attorney General, and the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy (formerly the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources)
Case Number:	26-30567
Filed:	September 21, 2026
Court:	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Nature of Suit:	Other Statutory Actions

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September 21, 2026	Filing 1 PRIVATE CIVIL FEDERAL CASE docketed. NOA filed by Appellants State of Louisiana and Mr. Keith Stutes [26-30567] (RAJ) [Entered: 09/21/2026 04:58 PM]

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Plaintiff: Keith Stutes
Represented By:	Alfred Paul LeBlanc Esq. Jr.
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Intervenor: State of Louisiana, ex rel., Liz Murrill, Attorney General, and the Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy (formerly the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources)
Represented By:	Jimmy Faircloth Jr.
Represented By:	James Blake Canfield
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Defendant: BASF Corporation
Represented By:	R. Benn Vincent Esq. Jr.
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Defendant: Bay Coquille, Incorporated
Represented By:	Bradley Joseph Schlotterer
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Defendant: Brammer Engineering, Incorporated
Represented By:	Bradley Joseph Schlotterer
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Defendant: BP America Production Company
Represented By:	Brian Wesley Capell Esq.
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Defendant: Camex Operating Company
Represented By:	George Clifford Plauche'
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Defendant: Camex, Incorporated
Represented By:	George Clifford Plauche'
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Defendant: Castex Energy, Incorporated
Represented By:	Armistead Mason Long
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Defendant: Columbia Gulf Transmission, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Allyson Byrd
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Defendant: Conley P. Smith Operating Company
Represented By:	Jason Edward Wilson
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Defendant: Conley P. Smith, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Jason Edward Wilson
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Defendant: Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Robin Price Toups
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Defendant: Graham Royalty, Limited
Represented By:	Elizabeth S. Wheeler Esq.
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Defendant: Hess Corporation
Represented By:	Elizabeth S. Wheeler Esq.
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Defendant: Janex Oil Company, Incorporated
Represented By:	Sarah Anne Kirkpatrick
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Defendant: Jones Company, Limited
Represented By:	Francis V. Liantonio Jr.
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Defendant: LLOG Exploration & Production Company, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Douglas C. Longman Jr.
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Defendant: Mosbacher Energy Company
Represented By:	Robert Beattie McNeal Esq.
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Defendant: Noble Energy, Incorporated
Represented By:	Alexandra Giselle White
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Defendant: Pacific Enterprises Oil Company (USA)
Represented By:	Guy Earl Wall
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Defendant: Petrohawk Energy Corporation
Represented By:	Richard Dean McConnell
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Defendant: Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Sharon Leslie Andrews
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Defendant: Texas Petroleum Investment Company
Represented By:	Paul J. Hebert
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Defendant: Union Oil Company of California
Represented By:	Alexandra Giselle White
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Defendant: EnergyQuest II, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Terrence Kent Knister
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Defendant: EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.
Represented By:	Richard Dean McConnell
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Defendant: Freeport McMoRan Oil & Gas, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Carl David Rosenblum Esq.
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Defendant: McMoRan Oil & Gas, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Carl David Rosenblum Esq.
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Defendant: Meridian Resource & Exploration, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Francis V. Liantonio Jr.
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Defendant: Gulfport Energy Corporation
Represented By:	William D. Lampton
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Defendant: Apache Corporation
Represented By:	Douglas C. Longman Jr.
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Defendant: Shell Offshore, Incorporated
Represented By:	Russell Keith Jarrett Esq.
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Defendant: Shell Oil Company
Represented By:	Russell Keith Jarrett Esq.
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Defendant: SWEPI, L.P.
Represented By:	Russell Keith Jarrett Esq.
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Defendant: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Samuel O'Neill Lumpkin
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Defendant: Godzilla Exploration Operating, L.L.C., formerly known as Manti Exploration Operating, L.L.C.
Represented By:	Justin Paul Lemaire Esq.
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Defendant: Diamondback E & P, L.L.C., incorrectly named as Energen Resources Corp
Represented By:	Kelly Brechtel Becker Esq.
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