NAYLOR FARMS, INC. v. CHAPARRAL ENERGY, LLC

No. 17-6146.

923 F.3d 779 (2019)

NAYLOR FARMS, INC.; Harrel's LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHAPARRAL ENERGY, LLC, Defendant-Appellant, Black Stone Minerals Company, L.P., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED May 3, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Shaheen , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado ( Christopher A. Chrisman and Jessica M. Schmidt , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado; Linda J. Byford , Chaparral Energy, LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; John J. Griffin, Jr. , Harvey D. Ellis, Jr. , and Charles V. Knutter , Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellant Chaparral Energy, LLC.

Conner L. Helms ( Gary R. Underwood and Erin M. Moore , with him on the brief), Helms Underwood & Cook, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Naylor Farms, Inc. and Harrel's LLC.

Daniel H. Charest and Warren T. Burns , Burns Charest LLP, Dallas, Texas, filed an amicus curiae brief for Black Stone Minerals Company, L.P. in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees Naylor Farms, Inc. and Harrel's L.L.C.

Before MORITZ, MURPHY, and EID, Circuit Judges.


Defendant Chaparral Energy, L.L.C. (Chaparral) operates approximately 2,500 oil and gas wells in Oklahoma. Plaintiffs Naylor Farms, Inc. and Harrel's, L.L.C. (collectively, Naylor Farms) have royalty interests in some of those wells. As a result, Naylor Farms receives a portion of the proceeds those wells generate. But according...

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