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By Casey Valentine On June 10, 2024

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Mineral Buyer Cannot Acquire Right to Pursue Claims That a Severed Mineral Interest Was Improperly Abandoned

Last week, in Cardinal Minerals, LLC v. Miller, 2024-Ohio-2133, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals held that the appellant,...


Tags: DMA, Champerty and Maintenance, Affidavit of Abandonment, Mineral Buyer

By Mark Hylton On March 24, 2022

Supreme Court of Ohio Further Solidifies Position Regarding Level of Diligence Required Under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act

On March 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ohio once again addressed the level of diligence a surface owner must exercise in...


Tags: DMA, Due Diligence, ODMA

By Matthew Young On March 4, 2022

The Ohio Supreme Court Makes Determinations on the Use of Words of Inheritance in Mineral Reservations and Whether Wills are Title Transactions under Ohio’s Marketable Title Act

In a pair of decisions, the Ohio Supreme Court in Peppertree Farms, L.L.C. v. Thonen, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-395, and ...


Tags: DMA, MTA, title transaction

By Ilya Batikov On September 1, 2020

Supreme Court of Ohio to Hear DMA Case

The Supreme Court of Ohio accepted a case involving the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (ODMA), Fonzi v. Brown, but held the case until...


Tags: DMA, Oil and Gas, Energy, ODMA

By Jay Carr On July 12, 2020

Court of Appeals Again Addresses the Level of Due Diligence Required under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act

On June 1, 2020, the Seventh District Court of Appeals once again addressed the level of diligence required to identify holders...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, "2006 DMA", Dormant Mineral Act,

By Jay Carr On January 21, 2020

Supreme Court of Ohio to Determine Whether the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act Supersedes the Ohio Marketable Title Act as to Severed Oil and Gas Interests

On January 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio accepted an appeal from the Seventh District Court of Appeals’ decision in West v....


Tags: OMTA, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Marketable Title Act,

By Jay Carr On October 8, 2019

Court Reaffirms Ohio's Marketable Title Act and Dormant Mineral Act are not in Conflict

The Seventh District Court of Appeals reaffirmed that claimants can use both Ohio's Marketable Title Act ("MTA") and Dormant...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio, DMA, MTA,

Ohio's 5th Appellate District Addresses the Due Diligence Standard Under the Dormant Mineral Act
By Jay Carr On July 31, 2019

Ohio's 5th Appellate District Addresses the Due Diligence Standard Under the Dormant Mineral Act

The Fifth Appellate District recently addressed whether an internet search to identify / locate the holders of severed mineral...


Tags: Ohio, DMA, Oil and Gas, Energy,

By Jay Carr On April 9, 2019

Appellate Court Again Holds Ohio's Marketable Title Act Applies to Fee Oil and Gas Interests

Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held once again that fee oil and gas interests are subject to possible...


Tags: OMTA, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act,

Court of Appeals Addresses the Amount of Diligence Required under the 2006 DMA
By Jay Carr On November 30, 2018

Court of Appeals Addresses the Amount of Diligence Required under the 2006 DMA

Earlier this week, Ohio's 7th District Court of Appeals again addressed the amount of diligence required to identify the holders...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio Dormant Mineral Act, Ohio, "2006 DMA",

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