Energy Environmental Blog | "Oil and Gas Lease"

By Casey Valentine On December 20, 2023

White v. Kemp: When does a Lease or Release of a Lease Qualify as a “Title Transaction” under Ohio’s Marketable Title Act?

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

By Jay Carr On December 15, 2023

Recently, in Crum v. Mooney, 2023-Ohio-4451, Ohio’s Seventh Appellate District considered whether an 1898 assignment conveyed a...

By Mark Hylton On March 16, 2022

On March 10, 2022, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio rejected the claim that the subject oil and...

By Ilya Batikov On July 6, 2017

On June 16, 2017, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals issued its decision in Paulus v. Beck Energy Corp. 2017-Ohio-5716,...

By Ilya Batikov On March 24, 2016

The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently held that a sublease of production rights under 250 acres in Greene County did not alter...

By Ilya Batikov On February 19, 2015

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently issued a decision addressing the applicability of equitable tolling to oil and gas...

By Ilya Batikov On January 28, 2015

The Supreme Court of Ohio accepted an appeal in Hupp v. Beck Energy Corp, which concerns the viability of several typical oil and...

By Ilya Batikov On January 5, 2015

On December 15, 2014, the United States Supreme Court decided that a party seeking to remove a class action to federal court need...

By Ilya Batikov On December 22, 2014

New legislation provides clarity on the question of whether an oil and gas lease conveys a real estate interest under Ohio law....