Ernest E. Smith III
- The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law
- Professor Emeritus
Ernest Smith, who holds the Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair Emeritus in Natural Resources Law, has expertise in property, oil and gas, international petroleum transactions, and wind energy law. A former dean of the Law School (1974-79), Professor Smith was honored by the Texas State Bar with the re-naming of the former Annual Institute of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law to the Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute. He is co-author of the leading casebook and a leading treatise on oil and gas law.
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A specialist in oil and gas law, Professor Smith is co-author of the leading casebook on Oil and Gas Law (West, 6th ed., 2013), and the leading treatise on Texas Law of Oil and Gas (3 volumes, 2nd ed., LEXIS, 1998). Other co-authored books on oil and gas law include Hemingway Oil and Gas Law and Taxation (4th ed., 2004), and International Petroleum Transactions (3rd ed., 2010). He is also co-author of Cases and Materials on Property (Foundation, 9th ed., 2007) and (Texas) Wind Law (Lexis 2011).
In 2008 Professor Smith received the Massey Teaching Excellence Award. Earlier teaching awards include the Clyde Martz Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in 1998, and the Texas Excellence Teaching Award for the School of Law from the Ex-Students Association in 2000. In the same year, Annual Institute of Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, which is co-sponsored by the Texas State Bar Section on Oil, Gas and Energy Law and the University of Texas School of Law was re-named the Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute. The Ernest E. Smith Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law was established in 1994, and the Ernest E. Smith Professorship in Law was established in 1996.
Professor Smith teaches classes in the areas of property, oil and gas, international petroleum transactions, and wind energy law. A former Dean of the Law School, Professor Smith has also been a Visiting Professor at several law schools including Harvard.
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year-1981
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Article
The Standard of Conduct Owed by Executive Right Holders and Operators to the Owners of Nonparticipating and Nonoperating Interests
Ernest E. Smith, The Standard of Conduct Owed by Executive Right Holders and Operators to the Owners of Nonparticipating and Nonoperating Interests, 32nd Oil & Gas Institute 241 (1981).
year-1976
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Book
Oil and Gas
Ernest E. Smith, Oil and Gas (Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 1976). -
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Annual Survey of Texas Law: Oil and Gas
Ernest E. Smith, Annual Survey of Texas Law: Oil and Gas, 30 Southwestern Law Journal 107 (1976).
year-1975
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Article
Annual Survey of Texas Law: Oil and Gas
Ernest E. Smith, Annual Survey of Texas Law: Oil and Gas, 29 Southwestern Law Journal 109 (1975).
year-1974
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Article
Illegitimate Children and Their Fathers: Some Problems With Title 2
Ernest E. Smith, Illegitimate Children and Their Fathers: Some Problems With Title 2, 5 Texas Tech Law Review 613 (1974).
year-1973
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Book
Cases on Property
Ernest E. Smith, Cases on Property (Austin: University of Texas School of Law, 1973).
year-1972
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Book
Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas
Ernest E. Smith, Cases and Materials on Oil and Gas (St. Paul: West, 2nd ed. 1972) (with William O. Huie & Marion K. Woodward).
year-1971
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Book
Probate and Decedents' Estates
Ernest E. Smith, Probate and Decedents' Estates (St. Paul: West, 1971) (with Marion K. Woodward).
year-1970
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Book
Oil and Gas: Supplemental Material
Ernest E. Smith, Oil and Gas: Supplemental Material (Austin: University of Texas School of Law, 1970).
year-1969
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Book
Texas Land Titles, Supplemental Readings
Ernest E. Smith, Texas Land Titles, Supplemental Readings (Austin: University of Texas School of Law, 1969).
year-1968
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Article
Kansas Unitization Statute
Ernest E. Smith, Kansas Unitization Statute, (pts. 1 & 2), 17 Kansas Law Review 133 (1968), 16 Kansas Law Review 567 (1968). -
Other Publication
Community Property
Ernest E. Smith, Community Property (Austin: University of Texas Communications Center, 1968) (with William O. Huie). -
Book Chapter
Urbanization and the Surface Development of Mineral Land: The Conflict Between the Dominant and Servient Estates
Ernest E. Smith, Urbanization and the Surface Development of Mineral Land: The Conflict Between the Dominant and Servient Estates, in State Bar of Texas, Mineral Law Section (Austin: State Bar of Texas, 1968). -
Book Chapter
Other Statutory Lines
Ernest E. Smith, Other Statutory Lines, in Mortgage Lending Institute (Austin: University of Texas School of Law, Continuing Legal Education Program, 1968).
year-1967
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Article
Appraisers and Appraisements Under the Texas Probate Code
Ernest E. Smith, Appraisers and Appraisements Under the Texas Probate Code, 45 Texas Law Review (1967).
year-1966
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Article
The Texas Compulsory Pooling Act
Ernest E. Smith, The Texas Compulsory Pooling Act (pts. 1 & 2), 44 Texas Law Review 387 (1966), 43 Texas Law Review 1003 (1965).
year-1964
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Article
Methods for Facilitating the Development of Oil and Gas Lands Burdened With Outstanding Mineral Interests
Ernest E. Smith, Methods for Facilitating the Development of Oil and Gas Lands Burdened With Outstanding Mineral Interests, 43 Texas Law Review 129 (1964).