Weyerhaeuser Co v. Pardee Minerals L L C et al

Filing 54

JUDGMENT adopting 51 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, Granting 42 Motion to Dismiss Cross-Claims for Lack of Jurisdiction. Cross-claims asserted against EP Energy E & P Company L P are Dismissed Without Prejudice. Signed by Judge Terry A Doughty on 4/17/2018. (crt,Crawford, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
SHREVEPORT DIVISION
WEYERHAUSER CO.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-0856

VERSUS

JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY

PARDEE MINERALS, LLC, ET AL.

MAG. JUDGE MARK L. HORNSBY

JUDGMENT
For the reasons stated in the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge
previously filed herein, and after an independent review of the record, including written
objections and responses thereto, and determining that the findings are correct under the
applicable law,
IT IS ORDERED that Defendant EP Energy E&P Company, LP’s (“EP”) Motion to
Dismiss Cross-Claims [Doc. No. 42] is GRANTED, and the cross-claims asserted by
Pardee Minerals, LLC, [Doc. No. 38] and those asserted by the overriding royalty
Defendants [Doc. No. 39] are DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE for lack of subjectmatter jurisdiction.
MONROE, LOUISIANA, this 17th day of April, 2018.

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TERRY A. DOUGHTY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE