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LUTZ v. CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.

No. 2015-0545.

148 Ohio St.3d 524 (2016)

2016-Ohio-7549

LUTZ ET AL. v. CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 2, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis, L.L.P., and Daniel T. Donovan ; Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., and John K. Keller ; and Reed Smith, L.L.P., Kevin C. Abbott , and Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell , for petitioner.

Lowe, Eklund, & Wakefield Co., L.P.A., and James A. Lowe ; Law Office of Robert C. Sanders and Robert Sanders , for respondents.

Lija Kaleps-Clark , in support of petitioner for amici curiae Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Artex Oil Company, Eclipse Resources I, L.P., Enervest Operating, L.L.C., NGO Development Corporation, Inc., Rex Energy Corporation, and Sierra Resources, L.L.C.

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, L.L.P., L. Bradford Hughes , and Christopher J. Baronzzi ; and Matthew A. Haynie , in support of petitioner for amicus curiae American Petroleum Institute.

McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore and Bruce M. Kramer , in support of petitioner for amicus curiae Bruce M. Kramer.

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., William J. Williams , Scott M. Zunakowski , Gregory W. Watts , and Aletha M. Carver , in support of neither side for amici curiae Sam Johnson, Zehentbauer Family Land, L.P., Hanover Farms, L.P., and Bounty Minerals, L.L.C.

O'NEILL, J., dissents, with an opinion.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, has certified the following question to this court pursuant to S.Ct.Prac.R. 9.01: "Does Ohio follow the `at the well' rule (which permits the deduction...

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