STATE EX REL. YOST v. ROVER PIPELINE, LLC

No. 2019CA00056.

150 N.E.3d 491 (2019)

2019-Ohio-5179

STATE of Ohio, EX REL., Dave YOST, Ohio Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ROVER PIPELINE, LLC; Pretec Directional Drilling, LLC; Mears Group, Inc.; Laney Directional Drilling Co.; Atlas Trenchless, LLC; and B & T Directional Drilling, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Fifth District, Stark County.

Date of Judgment Entry: December 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DAVE YOST , Ohio Attorney General, AARON S. FARMER , JANEAN R. WEBER , AMANDA M. FERGUSON , Environmental Enforcement Section, Assistant Attorney General, 30 East Broad Street, 25th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, For Plaintiff-Appellant.

STEPHEN H. DANIELS , MICHAEL S. MCMAHON , McMahon DeGulis LLP, The Caxton Building, 812 Huron Road, E., Suite 650, Cleveland, Ohio 44115, WILLIAM S. SCHERMAN (pro hac vice admitted), DAVID DEBOLD (pro hac vice admitted), JASON FLEISCHER (pro hac vice admitted), RUTH PORTER (pro hac vice admitted), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, For Defendant-Appellee Rover, Pipeline, LLC.

GRANT J. KEATING , Dworken & Bernstein Co., LPA, 60 South Park Place, Painesville, Ohio 44077, For Defendant-Appellee B & T, Directional Drilling Inc.

RICHARD C. SAHLI , Richard Sahli Law Office, LLC, 981 Pinewood Lane, Columbus, Ohio 43230-3662, NATHAN D. MATTHEWS, 2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300, Oakland, CA 94612, For Amicus Curiae Sierra Club.

FREDERIC ("FRITZ") X. SHADLEY , DAVID A. MEYER , 600 Vine Street, Suite 2800, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202, For Defendant-Appellee Mears Group, Inc., LLC.

THOMAS A. KNOTH , J. WRAY BLATTNER , Thompson Hine LLP, 10050 Innovation Drive, Suite 400, Miamisburg, Ohio 45342, For Defendant-Appellee Laney, Directional Drilling Co.

JOSEPH P. KONCELIK , ANTHONY R. PETRUZZI , MELISSA Z. KELLY , Tucker Ellis LLP, 950 Main Avenue, Suite 1100, Cleveland, Ohio 44113-7213, For Defendant-Appellee Pretec, Directional Drilling, LLC.

PHILIPS J. VALLAKALIL , Atlas Trenchless, LLC, 520 S. 6th Avenue, Mansfield, TX 75054, KEVIN L. MURPHY , J. JEFFREY LANDEN , MICHAEL S. JONES , MURPHY LANDEN JONES PLLC, 2400 Chamber Center Drive, Suite 200, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017-0534, For Defendant-Appellee Atlas, Trenchless, LLC.

JUDGES: Hon. William B. Hoffman, P.J., Hon. John W. Wise, J., Hon. Patricia A. Delaney, J.


OPINION

{¶1} Appellant State of Ohio, ex rel. Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General, appeals the judgment of the Stark County Common Pleas Court dismissing its complaint against Appellees Rover Pipeline, LLC; Mears Group, Inc.; Pretec Directional Drilling, LLC; Laney Directional Drilling Co.; Atlas Trenchless...

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