Legal Opinion
Northup Properties, Inc. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2009No. 08-5718PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1968, the heirs of J.H. Northup, predecessors in interest to appellant Northup Properties, Inc. (“Northup”), executed an oil-and-gas lease of 4,327 acres in Kentucky (the “Lease”) to United Fuel and Gas Company, the predecessor in interest to appellee Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. (“Chesapeake”). For nearly forty years, no lessee — including Chesapeake — marketed either oil or gas from the leased property. Northup then filed suit in Kentucky state court for a judgment declaring the Lease null and void. Chesapeake removed the case on the basis of diversity…
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