Legal Opinion
EQT Production Company v. Robert Adair
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 19, 2014No. 13-414, 13-415, 13-418, 13-419, 13-421, 13-422, 13-2376, 13-2378, 13-2381, 13-2382, 13-2383, 13-2384PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge KEENAN joined.
DIAZ, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from the district court’s decision to certify five related class action suits. The plaintiffs in each of the five classes generally allege that EQT Production Co. and CNX Gas Co. have unlawfully deprived the class members of royalty payments from the production of coalbed methane gas (“CBM”) in Virginia. Four of the five classes claim that EQT and CNX have improperly remitted royalty payments to escrow or suspense accounts instead of…
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