Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit January 14, 1987, 85-1506 (Tidelands Royalty "B" Corp. v. Gulf Oil Corporation)

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a question of first impression involving oil and gas law. The question is whether, under Louisiana law, the grant of an overriding mineral royalty by a mineral lessee imposes an implied obligation on the lessee to protect the royalty owner from drainage caused by the lessee’s operations on adjacent lands.