IN RE SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC.

No. 16-6014.

875 F.3d 1297 (2017)

IN RE: SANDRIDGE ENERGY, INC. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Paul Elliot, on behalf of the Paul Elliot IRA R/O, derivatively on behalf of Sandridge Energy, Inc.; Lisa Ezell, derivatively on behalf of SandRidge Energy, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tom L. Ward; Jim J. Brewer; Everett R. Dobson; William A. Gilliland; Daniel W. Jordan; Roy T. Oliver, Jr.; Jeffrey S. Serota; Special Litigation Committee of Sandridge's Board of Directors, Defendants-Appellees, and Sandridge Energy, Inc., Nominal Defendant-Appellee, and TLW Land & Cattle, L.P.; WCT Resources, L.L.C.; 192 Investments, L.L.C., Defendants. Dale Hefner, Objector-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Aguilar , Robbins Arroyo LLP ( Jay N. Razzouk , Robbins Arroyo, LLP, San Diego, California, and Charles F. Alden, III , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Objector-Appellant.

Mark E. McKane , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, San Francisco, California, and Reggie N. Whitten , Whitten Burrage, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ( Michael Burrage and Randa K. Reeves , Whitten Burrage, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Robert N. Kaplan and Jeffrey P. Campisi of Kaplan, Fox & Kilsheimer, LLP, New York, New York, with them on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Thomas B. Snyder , Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mark P. Gimbel and C. William Phillips of Covington & Burling, LLP, New York, New York, for Independent Directors.

Before KELLY, MURPHY, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Objector-Appellant Dale Hefner appeals from the district court's denial of his motion for settlement-related discovery, approval of the settlement agreement, and order regarding attorneys' fees. In re Sandridge Energy, Inc., No. CIV-13-102-W, 2015 WL 11899141 (W.D. Okla. Dec. 15, 2015); In...

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