Bryant Lewis v. Enerquest Oil and Gas

COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.

Bryant Lewis and several other appellants own mineral interests that are subject to oil and gas leases in which Ener-Quest Oil and Gas, LLC and BP American Production Company have an interest. The group sued the companies in the district court in an effort partially to cancel the leases on the ground that EnerQuest and BP America violated implied covenants to develop the mineral interests. The district court 1 granted summary judgment in favor of EnerQuest and BP America, ruling that the lessors failed to give the companies adequate notice of the alleged breach of the…