SNYDER v. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

No. 2012-1723.

140 Ohio St.3d 322 (2014)

2014-Ohio-3942

SNYDER ET AL., Appellants, v. OHIO DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES ET AL., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., John K. Keller , Philip F. Downey , and William A. Sieck , for appellants.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Michael J. Hendershot , Chief Deputy Solicitor, and Megan Dillhoff , Deputy Solicitor, for appellees.


PFEIFER, J.

{¶ 1} Appellants, Ronald Snyder and Steven Neeley (collectively, "Snyder"), seek a declaration that they are entitled to surface-mine a reasonable portion of a tract of land to which they own the mineral rights and the state owns the surface rights. We conclude that the court of common pleas erred when it granted summary judgment against them.

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