BEARDSLEE v. INFLECTION ENERGY, LLC

No. 12-4897-CV.

798 F.3d 90 (2015)

Walter R. BEARDSLEE, individually and as Co-Trustee of the Drusilla W. Beardslee Family Trust, Andrea R. Menzies, as Co-Trustee of the Drusilla W. Beardslee Family Trust, John A. Beardslee, as Co-Trustee of the Drusilla W. Beardslee Family Trust, Phyllis L. Benson, Elizabeth A. Beardslee, Lynda B. Coccia, Nathan J. Donnelly, Carolyn B. Donnelly, Kevin P. Donnelly, Rose Ann Donnelly, Marie S. Donnelly, William J. Haner, Joseph Haner, James Haner, Margaret Lawton, Glen Martin, Lynn M. Martin, Joseph E. Mctamney, B. Louise Mctamney, Bonnie D. Mead, R. Dewey Mead, Wayne R. Middendorf, Cynthia L. Middendorf, Floyd E. Mosher, Jr., Lesa D. Mosher, aka Lesa Huntington, Mountain Paradise Club N.Y. 31 LLC, James W. Reynolds, as Trustee of the James W. Reynolds Trust, Mary A. Pfeil-Ellis, Kerry K. Ellis, Paul R. Salamida, Pauline M. Salamida, Gary D. Shay, Bonita K. Shay, Brad A. Vargason, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, v. INFLECTION ENERGY, LLC, Victory Energy Corporation, Megaenergy, Inc., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Question Certified: July 31, 2014.

Certified Question Answered: March 31, 2015.

Decided: August 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. West , The West Firm, PLLC, Albany, N.Y., for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants Inflection Energy, LLC, et al.

Robert R. Jones ( Peter H. Bouman , on the brief), Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP, Binghamton, N.Y., for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees Walter R. Beardslee, et al.

Walter P. Loughlin ( Walter A. Bunt, Jr. , Bryan D. Rohm , on the brief), K & L Gates LLP, New York, N.Y., for Amicus Curiae Marcellus Shale Coalition.

Before: WINTER, WESLEY, AND CARNEY, Circuit Judges.


Inflection Energy, LLC ("Inflection"), Victory Energy Corporation, and Megaenergy, Inc. (collectively, the "Energy Companies") appeal from the District Court's order granting summary judgment to Walter and Elizabeth Beardslee and over thirty other landowners (collectively, the "Landowners"), and denying summary judgment to the Energy Companies...

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