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

Nos. 15-3272, 15-3278, 15-3279, 15-3285, and 15-3286.

862 F.3d 1221 (2017)

NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Plaintiff Counter Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. L.D. DRILLING Defendants, Val Energy Defendants, Hudson Group Defendants, and Huff Landowner Group, Defendants Counterclaimants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and Nash Oil and Gas Defendants, Pratt Well Service Defendants, and Meiries Landowner Group, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed July 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Olmstead , Kutak Rock L.L.P., Wichita, Kansas ( Mark D. Coldiron and Corey A. Neller , Ryan Whaley Coldiron Jantzen Peters & Webber, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff Counter Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Daniel J. Buller , Foulston Siefkin L.L.P., Wichita, Kansas, and Adam S. Davis , Wagstaff & Cartmell L.L.P., Kansas City, Kansas ( Jim H. Goering , James M. Armstrong , and Timothy B. Mustaine , Foulston Siefkin L.L.P., Wichita, Kansas, for L.D. Drilling, and Brian J. Madden , Wagstaff & Cartmell L.L.P., Kansas City, Kansas, for Nash Oil and Gas, and Jeffrey L. Carmichael , Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, Wichita, Kansas, for Val Energy, and Robert R. Eisenhauer , Johnston Eisenhauer Eisenhauer and Lynch, L.L.C., Pratt, Kansas, for Pratt Well Service, with them on the briefs), for Defendants Counterclaimants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants L.D. Drilling and Val Energy, and Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants Nash Oil and Gas and Pratt Well Service.

Stephen E. Robison , Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., Wichita, Kansas ( Gregory J. Stucky , David G. Seely , Daniel E. Lawrence , and Ryan K. Meyer , Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., Wichita, Kansas, and Gordon B. Stull and John D. Beverlin , Stull, Beverlin, Nicolay & Haas, L.L.C., Pratt, Kansas, for The Huff Landowner Group, and Robert R. Eisenhauer , Johnston, Eisenhauer, Eisenhauer & Lynch, L.L.C., Pratt, Kansas, for The Meireis Landowner Group, and Jack V. Black and Thomas V. Black , Black's Law Office, P.A., Pratt, Kansas, for The Hudson Landowner Group, with him on the briefs) for Defendants Counterclaimants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants The Hudson Group and The Huff Landowner Group, and Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants The Meiries Landowner Group.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, LUCERO, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


This case arises from condemnation proceedings brought under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 (NGA), 15 U.S.C. § 717 et seq. Northern Natural Gas Company initiated proceedings against a number of parties1 to condemn certain rights relating to the storage of natural gas in and under more than...

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