HOROB v. ZAVANNA, LLC

No. 20150203.

883 N.W.2d 855 (2016)

2016 ND 168

Sandra HOROB, Steven Poeckes, Steve Shae, Mike Shae, and Paul Shae, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. ZAVANNA, LLC, Wiser Oil Company, CSX Oil Corporation, Petro Hunt, LLC, Atlantic Richfield Co. assigned to BP American Production Company, Mid-Continent Energy Investors, LP, Huntington Natural Resources, Texas Gas Exploration, Westport Oil & Gas Company, Empire Drilling Company, Gene McCutchin, John Klemer, Lamar Hunt, Caroline Hunt Schoelkopf f/k/a Caroline Hunt Sands, Estate of Loyd B. Sands, William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, Farrar Oil Co., Mary K. Harris, Steven H. Harris Family Limited Partnership, Forest Oil Corp., A.G. Golden, Mary S. Golden, Great American Drilling Partnership-1, Great American Drilling Exploration Corp., Atropos Exploration Co., Al-Aquitaine, Inc. f/k/a Aquitaine Oil Corp., Panda Exploration, Inc., Adobe Resources Corp., Prince Minerals, Ltd., Prince Minerals II, Ltd., Texas Gas Exploration, Ltd., Western Exploration, Ltd., Mid-Continent Energy, Inc., Spring Creek Exploration and Production, LLC, Vintage Oil & Gas, LLC, Sierra Resources, Inc., Internos, Inc., Pradera Del Notre, Inc., David D. Peterson, Atropos Exploration, Inc., Richie V. Matchette, Split Creek Enterprises, LLC, Wild Basin Oil & Gas, Onyx Energy, LLC, Cody Oil and Gas, Mountain View Energy, Crystal BGF, LP, Anglin Oil, LLC, Pearson Oil & Gas, LLC, Serenity, LLC, Sundance Energy, Bakken Caballeros, Rutter Enterprises, Weisser Oil, Eagle River Ventures, Ulmer Energy, Liberty Resources, River Bend, Keybridge Resources, LLC, Denbury Onshore, and Energen Resources Corp., Defendants. Zavanna, LLC, Petro Hunt, LLC, Atlantic Richfield Co. assigned to BP American Production Company, John Klemer, William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, Mary K. Harris, Steven H. Harris Family Limited Partnership, Spring Creek Exploration and Production, LLC, Vintage Oil & Gas, LLC, Sierra Resources, Inc., Internos, Inc., Pradera Del Notre, Inc., Split Creek Enterprises, LLC, Wild Basin Oil & Gas, Onyx Energy, LLC, Cody Oil and Gas, Mountain View Energy, Crystal BGF, LP, Anglin Oil, LLC, Pearson Oil & Gas, LLC, Serenity, LLC, Sundance Energy, Bakken Caballeros, Rutter Enterprises, Weisser Oil, Eagle River Ventures, Ulmer Energy, River Bend, Keybridge Resources, LLC, and Energen Resources Corp., Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

August 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua A. Swanson , Fargo, N.D., for plaintiffs and appellants.

Michael D. Schoepf (argued) and Lawrence Bender (on brief), Bismarck, N.D., for defendants and appellees Zavanna, LLC, Petro Hunt, LLC, Atlantic Richfield Co. assigned to BP American Production Company, John Klemer, Mary K. Harris, Steven H. Harris Family Limited Partnership, Spring Creek Exploration and Production, LLC, Vintage Oil & Gas, LLC, Sierra Resources, Inc., Internos, Inc., Pradera Del Notre, Inc., Split Creek Enterprises, LLC, Wild Basin Oil & Gas, Onyx Energy, LLC, Cody Oil and Gas, Mountain View Energy, Crystal BGF, LP, Anglin Oil, LLC, Pearson Oil & Gas, LLC, Serenity, LLC, Sundance Energy, Bakken Caballeros, Rutter Enterprises, Weisser Oil, Eagle River Ventures, Ulmer Energy, River Bend, Keybridge Resources, LLC, and Energen Resources Corp.

Nicholas P. Laurent (on brief), Austin, TX, for defendant and appellee Vintage Oil & Gas, LLC.

John W. Morrison, Jr. (on brief) and Paul J. Forster (on brief), Bismarck, N.D., for defendants and appellees Petro Hunt, LLC, and William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate.


[¶ 1] Sandra Horob, Steven Poeckes, Steve Shae, Mike Shae and Paul Shae, the successors to the interests of John and Bernice Shae ("Horob plaintiffs"), appeal from a summary judgment deciding ownership of an oil and gas lease in favor of the successors to the interest of the William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate (collectively...

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