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By Kalie P. Bagent On April 22, 2026

Mineral Owners File Lawsuit Alleging New York’s Bans On Oil and Gas Development Violate the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause

On April 16, 2026, father and son Thomas and Madison Woodward filed a complaint in the federal court for the Northern District of...


Tags: Moratorium, Marcellus, Oil and Gas, New York,

By Casey Valentine On February 27, 2026

North Dakota Judge to Order Greenpeace to Pay Nine-Figure Damages For Role in Protests Against Dakota Access Pipeline

This past week, North Dakota Judge James Gion announced that he will sign an order requiring several Greenpeace entities to pay...


Tags: Pipeline, Oil and Gas, Energy, North Dakota,

By Casey Valentine On January 28, 2026

Supreme Court of Ohio Holds PUCO has Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Claims Asserted Against Public Utility

Earlier this month, a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Ninth District Court of Appeals holding that the...


Tags: Public Utility, Supreme Court of Ohio, Natural Gas, PUCO,

By Casey Valentine On April 23, 2025

Supreme Court of Ohio Dismisses Appeal Seeking to End Senterra’s “Rolling Analysis”

In Senterra Ltd. v. Winland, 2019-Ohio-4387, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals held that an examiner, after identifying...


Tags: Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Marketable Title Act, Energy, Root of Title

By Jay Carr On January 12, 2022

Railroad "Rights-of-Way": The Significance of Prefatory Language

As operators continue to develop the Utica shale in Ohio, they will likely encounter unique title issues that they have not seen...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Deed Interpretation, Railroad,

By Ryan Elliott On September 13, 2021

U.S EPA and Army Corps Revert Back to Pre-2015 Interpretation of “Waters of the United States”

On August 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona issued an Order vacating and remanding the Navigable...


Tags: WOTUS, Clean Water Act, Energy, Environment,

By Ryan Elliott On May 20, 2021

Public Comment Period Opens as Ohio EPA Issues Draft Revisions to Reasonably Available Control Technology (“RACT”) Requirements for Control of VOC and NOx Emissions

Ohio EPA has proposed rules that will require additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) emission...


Tags: Clean Air Act, NAAQS, VOC, RACT,

By Ryan Elliott On April 25, 2021

UPDATE: Ohio Waives Clean Water Act 401 Certification for 16 Nationwide Permits

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently determined that Ohio waived its right to issue a water quality certification (WQC)...


Tags: Nationwide Permit 12, Clean Water Act, water quality certification, Energy,

By Jay Carr On April 23, 2021

Ohio Court of Appeals Addresses Adverse Possession of Minerals Among Co-Tenants

The 7th District Court of Appeals in Ohio recently addressed what elements a co-tenant must satisfy to adversely possess a...


Tags: Co-Tenants, Cotenancy, Ohio, Minerals,

By Mark Hylton On March 17, 2021

Supreme Court of Ohio Further Clarifies Exception Under the Marketable Title Act in Erickson v. Morrison

On March 16, 2021, the Supreme Court of Ohio expanded upon its prior decision in Blackstone v. Moore, 2018-Ohio-4959, holding...


Tags: Energy

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