Legal Opinion
Fort Worth 4th St. Partners, L.P. v. Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2018No. 17-10040PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES L. DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
Fort Worth 4th Street Partners, L.P. (FWP) and its designees brought suit against Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. (Chesapeake) and related entities to recover payment allegedly due under a provision of a Surface Use Agreement governing Chesapeake's use of FWP's land. Before this payment came due, FWP sold the surface of this land to Chesapeake Land Company, L.L.C. The district court determined that the payment provision was a covenant that ran with the surface of the land and that FWP accordingly forfeited the benefit of this covenant when it sold that land. We…
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