Roberts v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WESLEY E. BROWN, Senior District Judge.

Now before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment. 1 (Doc. 60). Plaintiffs allege that they are due additional royalties from the sale of natural gas under the Royalty Agreement. The Court has jurisdiction over this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332.

I. SUMMARY JUDGMENT STANDARD

Summary judgment is appropriate when “there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). “One of the principal purposes of summary judgment is to…