DGC Submits Amicus Brief for TXOGA in Texas Supreme Court

Texas appellate lawyer Ryan Clinton was honored to submit an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Texas Oil & Gas Association in the Bluestone Natural Resources II, LLC v. Randle case in the Supreme Court of Texas.

In its amicus brief, TXOGA urged the Court to grant Bluestone’s petition for review to provide guidance on how royalties should be calculated on lease language that requires royalty payment on the “gross value received” for minerals “at the well.” Two intermediate appellate courts have provided opposite answers to that question and prior Texas Supreme Court precedent appears at least partially in conflict. TXOGA went on to argue that a royalty clause requiring payment on “gross value received at the well” should be held to require payment on the value of all consideration received by the lessee for the minerals as valued at the wellhead.

The Court subsequently granted Bluestone’s petition for review.

TXOGA’s amicus curiae brief can be viewed here.