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| Amicus
Briefs Recently Filed |
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No. 10-0950
Enbridge Pipelines, L.P. v Avinger Timber, LLC |
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This condemnation case involves the issue
of how to value land subject to a ground lease. The landowner
leased its property to a gas company for many years, during
which time the value of the underlying fee increased
substantially. When the gas company sought to condemn the land
at the end of the lease term, the gas company argued that the
landowner was not entitled to any increase in the value of the
land as a result of the ground lease. TLMA filed an amicus
brief to urge the Texas Supreme Court to allow the landowner
to recover the full value of its investment in the land,
including the increase in value due to ground lease.
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No. 11-0226
LaSalle Pipeline, LP v Donnell Lands, L.P. |
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When a company
condemns a pipeline easement, the landowner often loses more
than just the land actually taken, because the permanent
presence of the pipeline can depress the remaining property’s
overall value by limiting the amount or type of future
development across the easement. In this amicus brief, TLMA
seeks to ensure that courts continue to allow landowners to
recover this lost property value through appraisal testimony
comparing the different sales prices of similar properties
with and without pipelines.
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| Upcoming Events |
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| Feb 15,
Nacogdoches, Membership Reception, SFAU Forestry
Conference Room. 6-8 pm light refreshments will be served.
Open to everyone. Free Admission. |
| March 30-31, Ft.
Worth, TSCRA Convention |
| June 20-22, San
Marcos, ICA Convention |
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| In The News...copies
of the most recent TLMA newsletters |
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| In The News...interesting
articles from over the years |
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| REDEFINING
THE RANCH - WETLAND RANCHERS |
Excerpt
taken from "Texas Parks and Wildlife
Magazine"
Brush Control and other
strategies reap numerous benefits for wildlife, springs and
the city folk who live downstream. A TLMA member is
interviewed. (read
the entire story) |
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BAD NEWS FOR LANDOWNERS – YOUR
LAND CAN BE TAKEN! |
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The
Supreme Court in a
5 to 4
decision has given authorization to local governments to
seize homes and businesses for economic development purposes
... The Texas
Legislature appears eager to address this issue as several
different measures have been filed this special session, ...
(read
the entire story)
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| HOLES:
TEXAS FUND HELPS PLUG ABANDONED OIL WELLS |
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Texas Comptroller of Public
Accounts Monthly Newsletter "Fiscal Notes."
Texas is home to more than
355,000 oil and natural gas wells. More then 15,000 of those
are inactive wells--some of them sitting idle for more than
20 years--classified as "orphaned" by the Texas
Railroad Commission (RRC) and subject to plugging by the RRC
using funds from the state's Oil Field Cleanup Fund (OFCF).
(read
the entire story) |
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OIL
PLAY: SURFACE VERSUS MINERAL
MINERAL OWNERS CALL THE SHOTS |
Texas Farm Bureau article
in Texas Agriculture
...What about the
surface owners who do not own the minerals under their land?
What are their rights under Texas law?... (read
the entire story)
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| NEW
INACTIVE WELL FEE PROPOSAL |
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Proposed
New §85.2022 in Nat. Res. Code
To
encourage operators to plug their inactive wells after they
have been inactive for an extended period of time, a new fee
is proposed to be assessed at the time of each operator’s
annual renewal. (read
the entire story)
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| ON
A COLLISION COURSE |
| Texas
and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association's article in
"The Cattleman" magazine on the struggles of Texas'
farmers and ranchers to protect their groundwater.
At the
turn of the 20th century, the lid literally blew off the
nation’s fledgling oil and gas industry with the drilling
of Spindletop. On January 10, 1901, from the depths of a
salt dome formation near Beaumont, Texas, crude oil spewed
skyward with unprecedented force, birthing both high-rolling
wildcatters and giant companies with household names like
Texaco, Humble and Exxon. (read
the entire story)
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