THOROUGHBRED ASSOC. v. KANSAS CITY ROYALTY

No. 120,068.

469 P.3d 666 (2020)

THOROUGHBRED ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., et al., Appellants/Cross-appellees, v. KANSAS CITY ROYALTY COMPANY, L.L.C.; Robert E. Thomas Revocable Trust; and D.D.H., L.L.C., Appellees/Cross-appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed June 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Kennedy and Marcia A. Wood , of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Wallace & Bauer, L.L.P., of Wichita, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Matthew W. Brockman and David A. Elder , of Hartzog Conger Cason, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and William J. Skepnek , of The Skepnek Law Firm, P.A., of Lawrence, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before Leben, P.J., Powell and Schroeder, JJ.


This case is the latest installment in a 17-year fight over revenue from gas leases organized into a single operating unit in Comanche County, Kansas. The fight centers on a simple issue: is a lease owned by the unit's former operator, Thoroughbred Associates, L.L.C. (Thoroughbred), included in the unit? If so, Kansas City Royalty Company...

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