VALENTINE v. SUGAR ROCK, INC.

No. 12-2273.

782 F.3d 145 (2015)

Clifton G. VALENTINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUGAR ROCK, INC.; Gerald D. Hall; Teresa D. Hall, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James Scott Huggins , Theisen Brock, LPA, Marietta, Ohio, for Appellant. W. Henry Lawrence, IV , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Daniel Patrick Corcoran , Theisen Brock, LPA, Marietta, Ohio, for Appellant. Amy Marie Smith , William J. O'Brien , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge FLOYD joined.


Clifton G. Valentine filed this diversity action on November 8, 2010, in the Northern District of West Virginia, alleging that he owns fractional working interests in four mining partnerships, which in turn own six oil and gas wells on four separate leaseholds located in Ritchie County. Named as defendants in Valentine's lawsuit...

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