Legal Opinion
Northern Natural Gas Company v. L.D. Drilling, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 17, 2012No. 11-3024, 11-3026PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated interlocutory appeals, Defendants-Appellants, natural gas producers with wells in south central Kansas, challenge a preliminary injunction enjoining them from further gas production from those wells. The district court entered the preliminary injunction after concluding there was a substantial likelihood that Plaintiff-Appellee Northern Natural Gas Co. (“Northern”) will prevail on its state-law claim alleging that Defendants’ natural gas production from these wells is an actionable nuisance because it is disrupting Northern’s nearby underground…
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