USERY v. ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 09-1113.

606 F.3d 1017 (2010)

James R. USERY, as Trustee of the Jim and Rhonda Usery Revocable Trust; Rhonda Usery, as Trustee of the Jim and Rhonda Usery Revocable Trust, Appellants, v. ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION; Hallwood Energy L.P., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed June 7, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Keeling Baker, argued, Alex T. Gray, on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for Appellants.

James D. Rankin, III, argued, Julie DeWoody Greathouse, on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for Hallwood Energy L.P.

Rex M. Terry, argued, Fort Smith, AR, for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Before BYE, ARNOLD, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

After James and Rhonda Usery brought this suit in an Arkansas state court to quiet title to a mineral interest, the defendants, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Hallwood Energy, L.P., removed it to federal court, asserting that there was diversity jurisdiction over the case. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441(a), 1332(a). When the Userys moved to remand the action because the amount in controversy did not exceed $75,000, the district court...

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