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Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania Rejects Oil and Gas Lease Equitable Tolling

Written by Ilya Batikov | Feb 20, 2015 1:56:42 AM

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently issued a decision addressing the applicability of equitable tolling to oil and gas leases. In Harrison v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (February 17, 2015), the Court held that lessees are not entitled to equitable tolling during the pendency of a legal challenge to the lease, absent the lessor’s unequivocal refusal to perform.   To read the Court’s full decision click here.