FRENCH v. ASCENT RESOURCES-UTICA

No. 2021-0166.

193 N.E.3d 543 (2022)

167 Ohio St.3d 398

2022-Ohio-869

FRENCH et al., Appellants, v. ASCENT RESOURCES-UTICA, L.L.C., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, L.L.C., Joshua E. O'Farrell , and Jude B. Streb , Akron, for appellants.

Frost Brown Todd, L.L.C., Matthew C. Blickensderfer , Cincinnati, Kevin L. Colosimo , and Christopher W. Rogers , for appellee.

Thomas A. Hill and Joseph N. Spano , urging reversal for amicus curiae, Eric Petroleum Corporation.


{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal from a judgment of the Seventh District Court of Appeals presents a single question: is an action seeking a determination that an oil and gas lease has expired by its own terms a controversy "involving the title to or the possession of real estate" so that the action is exempt from arbitration...

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