U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Zehentbauer Family Land, LP v. Chesapeake Exploration, L. L.C.
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Ronald Lee Gilman
- Filed
- Aug. 15, 2019
- Case
- Zehentbauer Family Land, LP v. Chesapeake Exploration, L. L.C.
- Case status
- Decided
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RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns oil and gas leases in Ohio's Utica Shale Formation. The defendants are exploration and production companies that have contracted with landowners to drill for oil and gas on the leased properties, and the plaintiffs are a putative class of such landowners. Between 2010 and 2012, the plaintiffs and the defendants entered into hundreds…
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