Exhibit 5.1
OPINION OF LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP
September 15, 2000
Comstock Resources, Inc.
5300 Town & Country Boulevard
Suite 500
Frisco, Texas 75304
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies & Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Comstock Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), of an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of the
Company's common stock, $.50 par value per share (the "Securities"). We have
examined such documents and questions of law as we have deemed necessary to
render the opinion expressed below.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Securities, when
issued and sold as described in the above-referenced Registration Statement,
will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to the reference to our firm in the prospectus under the caption
"Legal Matters." In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
promulgated thereunder.
Sincerely,
LOCKE LIDDEL & SAPP LLP
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