Russell R. Barton, Andrew D. Sims, and J. Nathaniel James obtained an affirmance of a judgment establishing a lessee’s liability under oil and gas leases for deducting post-production costs from lessors’ royalty, and affirmance of the proper construction of the leases’ free-use clause, in BlueStone Natural Res. II, LLC v. Randle, 2021 WL 936175 (Tex. Mar. 12, 2021).