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PITCHBLACK OIL, LLC v. HESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II

No. 18-1734, No. 18-1737.

949 F.3d 424 (2020)

PITCHBLACK OIL, LLC; Dustin J. Stuber, Trustee of the Good Shepherds Royalty Trust; Suzanne M. Young, Trustee of the Good Shepherds Royalty Trust; Douglas R. Hansen; Lori A. Hansen, Plaintiffs, v. HESS BAKKEN INVESTMENTS II, LLC; Hess Corporation; Rocky Svihl, Trustee of the RGKH Mineral & Royalty Trust dated November 1, 1995; Whitetail Wave LLC, Defendants. Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC; Hess Corporation, Cross Claimants-Appellees, v. Rocky Svihl, Cross Defendant. Whitetail Wave LLC, Cross Defendant-Appellant. Pitchblack Oil, LLC; Dustin J. Stuber, Trustee of the Good Shepherds Royalty Trust; Suzanne M. Young, Trustee of the Good Shepherds Royalty Trust; Douglas R. Hansen; Lori A. Hansen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC; Hess Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Rocky Svihl, Trustee of the RGKH Mineral & Royalty Trust dated November 1, 1995; Whitetail Wave LLC, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 6, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer D. Ptacek , Fredrikson & Byron, Bismarck, ND, for Pitchblack Oil, LLC, Dustin J. Stuber, Trustee of the Good Shepherds Royalty Trust, Suzanne M. Young, Trustee of the Good Shepherds Royalty Trust, Douglas R. Hansen, Lori A. Hansen.

Brandon J.T. Hoskins , Moulton & Bellingham, Billings, MT, for Defendant.

Paul J. Forster , John W. Morrison , Crowley & Fleck, Bismarck, ND, for Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC, Hess Corporation.

Brandon J.T. Hoskins , Christopher Thayne Sweeney , Moulton & Bellingham, Billings, MT, for Cross Defendant-Appellant (Case No. 18-1734).

Lawrence Bender , Fredrikson & Byron, Bismarck, ND, for Plaintiffs-Appellants (Case No. 18-1737).

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Pitchblack Oil, LLC ("Pitchblack") and Whitetail Wave, LLC ("Whitetail") filed suit against Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC and Hess Corporation (collectively "Hess"), arguing that their overriding royalty interests in a number of oil and gas leases ("Subject Leases")1 should continue to burden various...

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