Johnson v. Kell

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Appellant, Nils P. Johnson, Sr., Trustee, appeals from the judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, affirming a mandatory pooling order granted by the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas. Appellant raises the following assignments of error:

“I. The trial court erred when it found that the Oil and Gas Board of Review acted unreasonably and unlawfully.

“II. The trial court erred in relying upon case law related to EPA statutes and procedures which are vastly different from the statutes governing the case at hand.”

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