SMITH v. ARRINGTON OIL & GAS, INC.

Nos. 10-3423, 11-1526, 10-3542, 11-1519, 10-3785, 11-1498.

664 F.3d 1208 (2012)

Joe K. SMITH; Jan G. Smith; Burke Smith, Executor of Irene Smith's Estate, Appellees, v. ARRINGTON OIL & GAS, INC., Appellant. Winston P. Foster, Jr.; Mary Ned Foster; Mary Frances Gaston, Appellees, v. Arrington Oil & Gas, Inc., Appellant. Samuel P. Hall; Brenda Hall, Appellees, v. Arrington Oil & Gas, Inc., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Arnold Waddell, Jr. , argued, Robert S. Shafer , Little Rock, AR, William M. Bridgforth , Jenny R. Wilkes , Pine Bluff, AR, Harper Estes , Steven C. Kiser , Midland, TX, on the brief, for Appellant.

Brian Gene Brooks , argued, Greenbrier, AR, John T. Holleman , Maryna O. Jackson , on the brief, Little Rock, AR, for Appellees.

Before RILEY, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.


GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, three sets of landowners assert claims against Arrington Oil & Gas, Inc. for breach of contract, promissory estoppel, and unjust enrichment relating to Arrington's failure to pay cash bonuses under oil and gas leases. The district court1 granted summary judgment to the landowners on the breach of contract claims and thereafter dismissed the landowners' other claims with prejudice...

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