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ALBANESE v. BATMAN

Nos. 2015-0120 and 2015-0121.

148 Ohio St.3d 85 (2016)

2016-Ohio-5814

ALBANESE, EXR., Appellant, v. BATMAN ET AL., Appellees. LIPPERMAN, Appellant, ET AL., v. BATMAN ET AL., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 15, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lancione, Lloyd & Hoffman Law Offices Co., L.P.A., Richard L. Lancione , and Tracey Lancione Lloyd , for appellants in both cases.

Geiger, Teeple, Robinson & McElwee, P.L.L.C., and Bruce E. Smith , for appellees Nile E. and Katheryn Batman in both cases.

Kincaid, Taylor & Geyer, Scott D. Eickelberger , William J. Taylor , David J. Tarbert , and Ryan H. Linn , for appellee Hess Ohio Developments, L.L.C., in case No. 2015-0120.

Steptoe & Johnson, P.L.L.C., Lyle B. Brown , and J. Kevin West , for appellees Equity Oil & Gas Funds, Inc., and Reserve Energy Exploration Company, in case No. 2015-0121.

Zeiger, Tigges & Little, L.L.P., Marion H. Little Jr. , and Christopher J. Hogan , for appellees XTO Energy, Inc., and Phillips Exploration, Inc., in case No. 2015-0121.

I. Introduction

{¶ 1} In these discretionary appeals from the Seventh District Court of Appeals, we address two cases involving the application of the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act ("ODMA"), codified in R.C. 5301.56. Appellant Wayne Lipperman owns a parcel of real property in Belmont County, Ohio, and appellant...

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