ELR Citation: ELR 20362
No(s). 00-31024 (5th Cir. Nov 28, 2001)

The court upholds a district court decision that Louisiana Act 315 of 1940 cannot be applied retroactively to mineral servitudes created prior to the Act but can be applied prospectively to post-1940 transfers. In 1929, a mineral servitude was created for two parcels of land in Louisiana. Between 19...