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Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently clarified when an oil and gas lease and a release of an oil and gas lease...


Tags: Ohio Marketable Title Act, MTA, "Oil and Gas Lease", Release,

In Cleveland Botanical Garden v. Worthington Drewien, Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-3706, the Ohio Supreme Court held that a...


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


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The Seventh District Court of Appeals recently issued another decision addressing the “specific reference” exception under Ohio’s...


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As oil and gas production increases in the Appalachian basin, the Seventh District Court of Appeals continues to clarify the...


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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,

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


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


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Ohio's Seventh District Court of Appeals was recently asked to analyze whether a fee oil and gas reservation can be extinguished...


Tags: OMTA, 'Utica Shale', Ohio, MTA,

On February 28, 2018, the Supreme Court of Ohio announced that it has accepted an appeal of Blackstone v. Moore (2017-Ohio-1639). 


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