Eastern District of Texas Gas Royalty Cases

Did you know about these?
----- Forwarded by Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT on 07/23/2000 09:00 AM -----

Becky Zikes@ENRON
07/13/2000 04:25 PM

To: Richard B Sanders/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc: Britt Davis/Corp/Enron@ENRON
Subject: Eastern District of Texas Gas Royalty Cases

This is to advise you that there are two nationwide private natural gas
royalty cases that have been filed in the Eastern District of Texas before
Judge Hannah. Neither lists Enron Corp or any of its subsidiaries as a
defendant. Both cases are class actions. Neither is a Qui Tam action. The
allegations are similar to those in the other Lufkin gas royalty cases.

The first, in Civil Action 9:99cv255, was filed September 20, 1999. The
plaintiff is Jack D. Stirman, a Colorado resident. The defendants are Mobil
Oil Corporation, Mobil Natural Gas, Inc., Mobil Exploration and Producing
Southeast, Inc., Mobil Exploration and Producing Texas & New Mexico, Inc. and
Mobil Exploration and Producing U.S.

The second, Civil Action 9:00cv140, was filed June 8, 2000. The plaintiffs
are Melanie Sawyer Levengood of Vacaville, CA and Douglas T. Babb of Juneau,
WI. The defendants are Shell Oil Company, Shell Exploration & Production
Company, Shell Offshore, Inc., Shell Western E&P, Inc. and Shell Gas Trading
Company.

Michael A. Havard of Provost and Umphey in Beaumont is representing the
plaintiffs in both cases. Robert R. Herring, Jr. of Fleming & Asso. of
Houston, signed the Stirman complaint.

Both cases are posted on the Eastern District of Texas website at
www.edtx.uscourts.gov. Enter the site and look under "Frequently Requested
Cases". You may also call me at Ext. 31843 to request a copy.

Regarding the Gene Wright v. AGIP, et al gas royalty case, Barry Hunsaker
told me that even though Enron Corp. and Enron Oil and Gas had been dropped
as defendants in the Second Original Amended Complaint , (both entities were
named in Original and First Original Amended Complaints), both are again
named as defendants in the Third Original Amended Complaint which was filed
on June 13, 2000. The firm of Verner, Liipfert, who represented the
plaintiffs, had a conflict with EOG, and Barry indicated they dropped Enron
and EOG to preserve the case. That conflict has now been resolved. The June
13 complaint is not yet on the website, so Barry is having a copy made for us.

If you have any questions, please call me at Ext. 31843.