Tear Drop Cattle Company, LLC v. Devon Energy Production Company

Cheyenne, Wyoming oil and gas lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute.



This case involved a a series of agreements allowing Devon Energy Production Company LP (Devon) to extract coalbed methane gas from land belonging to Tear Drop Cattle Company LLC (Tear Drop). Devon assigned those agreements to other entities that then failed to make annual payments to Tear Drop. As a result, Tear Drop sued Devon for breach of contract, and Devon counterclaimed, seeking a declaratory judgment that the assignment extinguished its liability.



While Devon's counterclaim remained pending, the assignees paid their debt to Tear Drop. As a result, the district court dismissed Tear Drop's claims against Devon as moot, but it granted summary judgment for Tear Drop on the counterclaim,

concluding Devon remained bound under the agreements.

Affirmed