Frontier Energy, LLC v. Aurora Energy, Ltd. (In Re Aurora Oil & Gas Corp.)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON PARTIAL FINDINGS

SCOTT W. DALES, Bankruptcy Judge.

Frontier Energy, LLC (“Frontier” or “Plaintiff’) filed this adversary proceeding against Aurora Energy, Ltd. (“Aurora”), which arises out of, or is otherwise related to, a lawsuit that Frontier filed against Aurora in Michigan’s Charlevoix County Circuit Court (the “State Court Action”). The State Court Action, which predates Aurora’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding, is essentially a dispute about royalty payments under two oil and gas contracts between the parties,…