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POTTS v. CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C.

No. 13-10601.

760 F.3d 470 (2014)

Gordon POTTS; Brandy West, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION, L.L.C., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shayne Daniel Moses , Moses, Palmer & Howell, L.L.P., Robert Earl Aldrich, Jr., Esq. , Senior Attorney, Gardner Aldrich, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Roger Clyfton Diseker , Clark Harrison Rucker , Bart Alan Rue , Matthew David Stayton , Kelly, Hart & Hallman, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JONES, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:

The meaning of royalty provisions in an oil and gas lease are in dispute. Gordon Potts and Brandy West (the lessors) appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the lessee, Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. (Chesapeake). We affirm.

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Potts and West are two of the lessors in an oil, gas, and mineral lease in which Chesapeake is the successor-lessee to FSOC Gas Co., Ltd. (FSOC). Three paragraphs...

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