GRIFFIS v. ANADARKO E & P CO., LP

No. 09-3117.

606 F.3d 973 (2010)

Larry GRIFFIS; Onita Griffis; Carolyn Hudson, Appellants, v. ANADARKO E & P COMPANY, LP; Anadarko Land Corporation; Upland Industrial Development Company; Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 8, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Wayne Bowen, argued, Cammack Village, AR, for appellant.

Michael Millar, argued, Searcy, AR, for appellee Chesapeake Exploration.

Rex M. Terry, argued, Fort Smith, AR, for appellee Anadarko and Upland Development.

Before BYE, ARNOLD, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Larry Griffis and others filed this action to quiet title in certain natural gas rights against Anadarko E & P Company, L.P., Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, and others. We refer to the plaintiffs as Mr. Griffis and to the defendants as Anadarko. Mr. Griffis claimed title to the mineral interests at issue as owner of the fee in the relevant property, and Anadarko traces its title to a reservation in a 1936 deed in the parties' common chain...

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