SMITH v. SEECO, INC.

No. 17-3636.

922 F.3d 406 (2019)

Connie Jean SMITH, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant v. SEECO, INC., Now known as SWN Production (Arkansas), LLC; DeSoto Gathering Company, LLC; Southwestern Energy Services Company; Southwestern Energy Company, Defendants-Appellees.

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 , 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-Appellant.

Jess Askew, III , Frederick H. Davis , Andrew King , KUTAK & ROCK, Little Rock, AR, Thomas A. Daily , DAILY & WOODS, Rex M. Terry , HARDIN & JESSON, Fort Smith, AR, Robert K. Ellis , Travis L. Gray , Jonathan Mark Little , Aaron Michael Streett , BAKER & BOTTS, Marc S. Tabolsky , SCHIFFER & ODOM, R. Paul Yetter , YETTER & COLEMAN, Houston, TX, Michael Vance Powell , LOCKE & LORD, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee SEECO, Inc.

Jess Askew, III , Frederick H. Davis , Andrew King , KUTAK & ROCK, Little Rock, AR, Thomas A. Daily , DAILY & WOODS, Rex M. Terry , HARDIN & JESSON, Fort Smith, AR, Robert K. Ellis , Travis L. Gray , Jonathan Mark Little , Aaron Michael Streett , BAKER & BOTTS, Marc S. Tabolsky , SCHIFFER & ODOM, R. Paul Yetter , YETTER & COLEMAN, Houston, TX, Michael Vance Powell , LOCKE & LORD, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees Desoto Gathering Company, LLC, Southwestern Energy Services Company, Southwestern Energy Company.

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


Connie Jean Smith was the named plaintiff in a class action suit against Southwestern Energy Company ("Southwestern") and three of its subsidiaries alleging underpayment of gas royalties. The defendants prevailed at trial. Smith now appeals, arguing that a new trial is warranted because of the district court's

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