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YOUNG v. SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC

No. 22-2050.

TRAVIS YOUNG; MICHELLE BEE YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC; EQUINOR USA ONSHORE PROPERTIES INC., Defendant-Appellees, and STATOIL USA ONSHORE PROPERTIES, INCORPORATED, Defendant. WEST VIRGINIA ROYALTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION; WEST VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU, Amici Supporting Appellant, GAS AND OIL ASSOCIATION OF WV, INC., Amicus Supporting Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 6, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: James G. Bordas III , Richard A. Monahan , J. Zachary Zatezalo , BORDAS & BORDAS, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellants.

Elbert Lin , David Parker , HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP, Richmond, Virginia; Bridget D. Furbee , Kristen Andrews Wilson , STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia, for Appellee Equinor USA Onshore Properties Inc.

Marc S. Tabolsky , SCHIFFER HICKS JOHNSON PLLC, Houston, Texas; Timothy M. Miller , Katrina N. Bowers , BABST, CALLAND, CLEMENTS & ZOMNIR, P.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee SWN Production Company LLC.

Howard M. Persinger, III , PERSINGER & PERSINGER, L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Amici Virginia Royalty Owners' Association and West Virginia Farm Bureau.

William M. Herlihy , Don C.A. Parker , SPILMAN THOMAS & BATTLE, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, for Amicus Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

UNPUBLISHED

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Travis and Michelle Young appeal the district court's September 2, 2022, order, in which the court held that the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia's decision in SWN Production Co. v. Kellam, 875 S.E.2d 216 (W. Va. 2022...

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