SMITH v. SEECO, INC.

No. 17-2378 No. 17-2607, No. 17-2610, No. 17-3443.

922 F.3d 398 (2019)

Connie Jean SMITH, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee v. SEECO, INC., Now known as SWN Production (Arkansas), LLC; Desoto Gathering Company, LLC; Southwestern Energy Services Company; Southwestern Energy Company, Defendants-Appellees v. Connie Arnett; Cecil Barnes, Jr.; Cecil Barnes, III; David Brown; Edward Bryant; Roy Bryant; Rob Cassell; Sally Cassell; Patricia Cates; Isaac Criswell; Jerry Donahue; James Duncan; Kim Carrell Gifford; John Gottsponer; Myrtle Gottsponer; Clemens Gottsponer; Thomas Gray; Karrie Gray; Robert Hall; James Harrison; John Hart; Kevin Holland; Hubert Isom; Joyce Isom; Floyd Jerrell; Sherry Jerrell; Brenda Sue Kay; Bennie Latimer; Junior Latimer; Megan Lockard; Dana Love; James Williams; Lucretia Williams; Dennis Cossey; Sandra Cossey; Michelle Gifford; Robert Lee; Juanita Boone; James Throneberry; Karen Throneberry; Wanda Liddell; Norma Bryant; Charles Noakes, Movants-Appellants Connie Jean Smith, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee v. SEECO, Inc., Now known as SWN Production (Arkansas), LLC; Desoto Gathering Company, LLC; Southwestern Energy Services Company; Southwestern Energy Company, Defendants-Appellees v. Charter Land Co., LLC, Movant-Appellant Connie Jean Smith, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee v. SEECO, Inc., Now known as SWN Production (Arkansas), LLC; Desoto Gathering Company, LLC; Southwestern Energy Services Company; Southwestern Energy Company, Defendants-Appellees v. Kimberly Wyborny; David Bird; Laurel Bird; Kenneth Brents Family Trust; Brents Holding Company, LLC; Dunaway Brothers Properties, LLC; Betty B. Dunaway Rev. Trust; Arthur Dunaway Rev Trust; Lonnie Wayne Harris; Thomas Hart; Hart of Arkansas Minerals, LLC; Paula Barton; Paula Barton Revocable Trust; Dorr B. Moore; Barbara Moore; Dorr B. Moore Jr. Trust; Barbara J. Smith; Ruth Ann Needels; Ruth Ann Needels Living Trust; Gary Goff; Verdain Grady; Glyva Jo Grady; Dana Walker; Julia Walker; Brinda Williams; Steven English; Thane Fleming; Nancy Fleming; Rex Harrison; Mary Harrison; Carol Howell; Gailon Howell; Marilynn Moore; Robert Owens; Faye Owens; Joseph Peacock; Eric Rice; William Rice; Theresa Tubbs; Jeannine Hill Thomas; David Michael Wood, Individually and as trustee of the Dickson/Wood Land Trust; Warren Christopher; Georgene Christopher; Warren Christopher, as representative of Mountain Aire East, Inc.; MWI, LLC; Melissa Ruth Christopher; Pamela C. Harmon, Movants-Appellants Connie Jean Smith, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee v. SEECO, Inc., Now known as SWN Production (Arkansas), LLC; Desoto Gathering Company, LLC; Southwestern Energy Services Company; Southwestern Energy Company, Defendants-Appellees v. Connie Arnett; Cecil Barnes, Jr.; Cecil Barnes, III; James Booth; Lori Booth; David Brown; Edward Bryant; Roy Bryant; Kim Carrell Gifford; Roby Cassell; Sally Cassell; Patricia Cates; Isaac Criswell; Jerry Donahue; James Duncan; John Gottsponer; Myrtle Gottsponer; Clemens Gottsponer; Thomas Gray; Karri Gray; Robert Hall; James Harrison; John Hart; Kevin Holland; Hubert Isom; Joyce Isom; Floyd Jerrell; Sherry Jerrell; Kathy Johnston; Brenda Sue Kay; Bennie Latimer; Junior Latimer; Megan Lockard; Dana Love; James Williams; Lucretia Williams; Dennis Cossey; Sandra Cossey; Michelle Gifford; Robert Lee; Juanita Boone; James Throneberry; Karen Throneberry; Wanda Liddell; Norma Bryant; Charles Noakes, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben H. Caruth , Edward Allen Gordon , GORDON & CARUTH, Morrilton, AR, Brian Cramer , CRAMER, PLLC, Oklahoma City, OK, Erik P. Danielson , DANIELSON LAW FIRM, Fayetteville, AR, Sean M. Handler , Geoffrey C. Jarvis , Natalie Lesser , Joseph H. Meltzer , Melissa L. Troutner , KESSLER & TOPAZ, Radnor, PA, Tanner W. Hicks , Jack A. Mattingly, Jr. , MATTINGLY & ROSELIUS, Guthrie, OK, Kimberly A. Justice , FREED & KANNER, Conshohocken, PA, Brad E. Seidel , SEIDEL LAW FIRM, Austin, TX, James Fitzgerald Valley , J F VALLEY, ESQ, P.A., Helena, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jess Askew, III , Frederick H. Davis , Andrew King , KUTAK & ROCK, Little Rock, AR, Thomas A. Daily , DAILY & WOODS, Fort Smith, AR, Matthew K. Hansen , Michael Vance Powell , LOCKE & LORD, Dallas, TX, Jonathan Mark Little , Aaron Michael Streett , BAKER & BOTTS, Houston, TX, Marc S. Tabolsky , SCHIFFER & ODOM, Houston, TX, Rex M. Terry , HARDIN & JESSON, Fort Smith, AR, R. Paul Yetter , YETTER & COLEMAN, Houston, TX, for Defendant Appellee SEECO, Inc., now known as SWN Production (Arkansas), LLC.

Jess Askew, III , KUTAK & ROCK, Little Rock, AR, Thomas A. Daily , DAILY & WOODS, Fort Smith, AR, Jonathan Mark Little , Aaron Michael Streett , BAKER & BOTTS, Houston, TX, Marc S. Tabolsky , SCHIFFER & ODOM, Houston, TX, Rex M. Terry , HARDIN & JESSON, Fort Smith, AR, R. Paul Yetter , YETTER & COLEMAN, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Desoto Gathering Company, LLC, Southwestern Energy Services Company and Southwestern Energy Company.

George A. Barton , LAW OFFICE OF GEORGE A. BARTON, Overland Park, KS, Stacy Ann Burrows , LAW OFFICES OF GEORGE A. BARTON, Kansas City, MO, Charles Darwin Davidson, Sr. , Stephen L. Gershner , DAVIDSON LAW FIRM, Little Rock, AR, for Movants Appellants.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, COLLOTON and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


In this appeal four groups of prospective intervenors—the Arnett I, Arnett II, Charter Land Co. LLC, and Wyborny appellants —challenge the district court's1 denials of their motions to intervene in a class action lawsuit by named plaintiff Connie Jean Smith against SEECO, Inc.,...

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