DODD v. CROSKEY

No. 2013-1730.

143 Ohio St.3d 293 (2015)

2015-Ohio-2362

DODD ET AL., APPELLANTS AND CROSS-APPELLEES, v. CROSKEY ET AL., APPELLEES; EVANS, APPELLEE AND CROSS-APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided June 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crawford, Lowry & Associates, L.L.C., and G. Ian Crawford , for appellants and cross-appellees.

Rupert Beetham , for appellees John William Croskey, Mary E. Surrey, Roy Surrey, Emma Jane Croskey, Margaret Ann Turner, Mary Louise Morgan, Martha Beard, Lee Johnson, Edwin Johnson, JoAnn Zitko, David B. Porter, JoAnn C. Wesley, Cindy R. Weimer, Evart Dean Porter, Stuart Barry Porter, Brian Porter, Mary Elaine Porter, Kim Berry, Samuel G. Boak, Lorna Bower, Sandra Dodson, and Ian Resources, L.L.C.

McDonald Hopkins, L.L.C., R. Jeffrey Pollock , and Erin K. Walsh , for appellees Karen A. Chaney, Patty Hausman, Linda C. Boyd, and Terri Hocker.

Marquette D. Evans , for appellee and cross-appellant Harriet C. Evans.

Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews and James F. Mathews , for amicus curiae Jon D. Walker Jr.

Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A., Gregory W. Watts , Matthew W. Onest , David E. Butz , and William G. Williams , for amici curiae Jeffco Resources, Inc., Mark and Kathy Rastetter, Douglas Henderson, Djuro and Vesna Kovacic, Brett and Kim Trissel, and Steven E. and Diane Cheshier.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor , and Samuel C. Peterson , Deputy Solicitor, for amicus curiae state of Ohio.

Jackson Kelly, P.L.L.C., Clay K. Keller , and J. Alex Quay , for amicus curiae Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C.

Bricker & Eckler, L.L.P., Matthew W. Warnock , Daniel C. Gibson , and Daniel E. Gerken , for amici curiae Noon and Shepherd Mineral Interest Owners.


{¶ 1} In this appeal, we address important aspects of Ohio's Dormant Mineral Act and its effect on the interaction between the rights of the owner of the surface lands and the rights of the holder of an interest in the minerals beneath the surface. Specifically, we resolve the question whether a mineral-interest...

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