HENRY v. CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C.

No. 12-4090.

739 F.3d 909 (2014)

James O. HENRY, Peggy S. Henry, Mark A. Henry, Mary Avis Henry, and Charles C. Henry, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Daniel T. Donovan , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Kevin M. Pearl , Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon, Weirton, West Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Daniel T. Donovan , Gregory L. Skidmore , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., Stephen W. Funk , Michael R. Traven , Roetzel & Andress, Akron, Ohio, for Appellant. Kevin M. Pearl , Michael G. Simon , Frankovitch, Anetakis, Colantonio & Simon, Weirton, West Virginia, for Appellees.

Before: GIBBONS and WHITE, Circuit Judges; COHN, District Judge.


OPINION

HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. (Chesapeake), appeals the district court's grant of judgment on the pleadings to Plaintiffs James O. Henry, Peggy S. Henry, Mark A. Henry, Mary Avis Henry, and Charles C. Henry (Plaintiffs), in this declaratory action seeking a judgment that Chesapeake's oil and gas lease had expired. We REVERSE and REMAND for the entry...

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