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Following up on its recent decision in M&H P’Ship v. Hines, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals has offered further guidance...


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

The White House issued a permit today approving Keystone XL, “bringing the mammoth oil pipeline a step closer to fruition more...


Tags: Oil and Gas, Energy, Environment

Ohio Court Construes the Term

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently interpreted the term “holder” under the 2006 version of the Ohio Dormant...


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

Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals recently held that landmen are subject to the requirements of R.C. Chapter 4735...


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

By Ilya Batikov On March 3, 2017

Bohlen v. Anadarko

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral arguments in Bohlen v. Anadarko. The Bohlens entered into a lease with...


Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy, Utica

Today, in its Order List, the Supreme Court of the United States denied certiorari in Jon D. Walker, Jr. v. Patricia J....


Tags: Ohio, Dormant Mineral Act, DMA, Oil and Gas,

In a recent decision, Harper v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Dist., the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a qui tam...


Tags: FCA, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil and Gas, Energy,

On November 2nd, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its decision in Lutz v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.   In its opinion, the Court...


Tags: 'Utica Shale', Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy

In Sunoco Pipeline L.P. v. Teter, Ohio’s Seventh District Court of Appeals rejected a landowner challenge to Sunoco’s acquisition...


Tags: Ohio, Oil and Gas, Energy

With the support of its recently elected justices, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in an opinion issued on September 28, 2016,...


Tags: Act 13, Supreme Court, Municipal Ordinances, Oil and Gas,

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