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NORTHERN NATURAL GAS CO. v. L.D. DRILLING, INC.

Nos. 11-3024, 11-3026.

697 F.3d 1259 (2012)

NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. L.D. DRILLING, INC.; Bill R. Milton; Carl Dudrey; HJB, Inc.; Ivan W. Milton; Kim B. Shoemaker; L.D. Davis; Larry E. Keenan; Lisa M. Milton; Nancy H. Shoemaker; Paul J. Beaver; Tammy Milton; Timothy R. Keenan; Whitetail Energy, Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants, and Steven Eugene Young, Counter-Claimant-Appellant. Allam Exploration, LLC.; Apollo Energies, Inc.; Robert P. Bayer, II; Dale L. Smith and Mae D. Smith, Revocable Trust dated 12/05/2007; Eric D. Stinton, Trust dated 1/25/2007; Dale L. Smith, Mae D. Smith, Eric D. Stinton, Trustees; John P. Hastings; Lies Exploration, LLC; David Munro; Nash Oil & Gas, Inc.; Brenda M. Riffey; Larry D. Riffey; Val Energy, Inc; Vision Investments, LLC; Vosburgh Exploration, LLC; Steven Eugene Young, Defendants-Counter-Claimants. Northern Natural Gas Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Nash Oil & Gas, Inc., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant, and Allam Exploration, LLC.; Apollo Energies, Inc.; Robert P. Bayer, II; Paul J. Beaver; Dale L. Smith and Mae D. Smith, Revocable Trust dated 12/05/2007; Eric D. Stinton Trust dated 1/25/2007; Dale L. Smith, Mae D. Smith, Eric D. Stinton, Trustees; HJB, Inc.; John P. Hastings; Larry E. Keenan; Timothy R. Keenan; L.D. Drilling, Inc.; Lies Exploration, LLC; Bill R. Milton; Ivan W. Milton; Lisa M. Milton; Tammy Milton; David Munro; Brenda M. Riffey; Larry D. Riffey; Kim B. Shoemaker; Nancy H. Shoemaker; Val Energy, Inc.; Vision Investments, LLC; Vosburgh Exploration, LLC; Whitetail Energy, Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants. Steven Eugene Young, Counter-Claimant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim H. Goering of Foulston Siefkin LLP, Wichita, KS, and Brian J. Madden , Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP, Kansas City, MO ( Adam S. Davis , Wagstaff & Cartmell, LLP, Kansas City, MO, and Timothy B. Mustaine , Foulston Siefkin LLP, Wichita, KS, with them on the briefs) for Defendants-Appellants.

Richard A. Olmstead , Kutak Rock LLP, Wichita, KS ( Corey A. Neller , Mark D. Coldiron , and Paula M. Jantzen , Ryan Whaley Coldiron Shandy PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before HOLMES, EBEL, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated interlocutory appeals, Defendants-Appellants, natural gas producers with wells in south central Kansas, challenge a preliminary injunction enjoining them from further gas production from those wells. The district court entered the preliminary injunction after concluding there was a substantial likelihood that Plaintiff-Appellee Northern Natural Gas Co. ("Northern") will prevail on its state-law claim alleging that Defendants...

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