Surface Owner’s Regulatory Taking Claim Denied
By EsqSocial Corporation 04/12/13
In Walton v. City of Midland, the surface owner of a 35 acre tract within the city limits of Midland, Texas, contended that a provision in a city permit for an oil or gas well was a regulatory taking because it required the lessee to drill a water...
By: Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C.