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STATE EX REL. CLAUGUS FAMILY FARM, L.P. v. SEVENTH DIST. COURT OF APPEALS

Nos. 2014-0423 and 2014-1933.

145 Ohio St.3d 180 (2016)

2016-Ohio-178

THE STATE EX REL. CLAUGUS FAMILY FARM, L.P. v. SEVENTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS ET AL. HUSTACK ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. BECK ENERGY CORPORATION, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided January 21, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Critchfield, Critchfield & Johnston, Ltd., Daniel H. Plumly , and Andrew P. Lycans , for relator in case No. 2014-0423.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, and Sarah Pierce and Tiffany Carwile , Assistant Attorneys General, for respondents in case No. 2014-0423.

Slater & Zurz, L.L.P., Richard V. Zurz Jr. , and Mark A. Ropchock , for appellants in case No. 2014-1933.

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., Scott M. Zurakowski , William G. Williams , Gregory W. Watts , and Aletha M. Carver , for appellee in case No. 2014-1933 and intervening respondent in case No. 2014-0423.

Reed Smith, L.L.P., and Kevin C. Abbott ; and Brouse McDowell, L.P.A., and Clair E. Dickinson , in support of respondents in case No. 2014-0423 and urging affirmance in case No. 2014-1933 for amicus curiae XTO Energy, Inc.

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., John K. Keller , and Timothy B. McGranor in support of respondents in case No. 2014-0423 and urging affirmance in case No. 2014-1933 for amici curiae Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Enervest, Ltd., Artex Oil Company, Artex Energz Group, L.L.C., Sierra Buckeye, L.L.C., Eclipse Resources Corporation, and Hilcorp Energy Company.

Burleson, L.L.P., Kevin L. Colosimo , Kristin M. McCormish , Michael Vennum , and Daniel P. Craig , in support of intervening respondent in case No. 2014-0423.

{¶ 1} These consolidated actions, an original action in this court and an appeal of a judgment of the Seventh District Court of Appeals, address the interpretation of a number of nearly identical oil and gas leases. The appeal challenges the Seventh District's interpretation of the leases in a class action. The original...

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