Legal Opinion
Zehentbauer Family Land, LP v. Chesapeake Exploration, L. L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 15, 2019No. 18-4139PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns oil and gas leases in Ohio's Utica Shale Formation. The defendants are exploration and production companies that have contracted with landowners to drill for oil and gas on the leased properties, and the plaintiffs are a putative class of such landowners. Between 2010 and 2012, the plaintiffs and the defendants entered into hundreds of oil and gas lease agreements that provide for royalty payments to the plaintiffs based on the gross proceeds received by the defendants from the sale of each well's oil and gas production.
The defendants sell…
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