KRUG v. HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC.

No. 106845.

320 P.3d 1012 (2013)

2013 OK 104

H.B. KRUG, Kathryn Krug, and Bobbie Ruth Eubanks, on behalf of themselves and on behalf of a class of similarly situated owners, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

As Corrected February 24, 2014.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry J. Barker , Joseph C. Woltz , Gene G. Boerner , Robert N. Lawrence , Pezold, Barker, & Woltz, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Allan DeVore , The Devore Law Firm, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Douglas E. Burns , Terry L. Stowers , Daniel Wayne Peyton , Burns & Stowers, P.C., Norman, Oklahoma, for Appellees.

John E. Dowdell , Ryan A. Ray , Norman, Wohlgemuth, Chandler, and Dowdell, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Clyde A. Muchmore , Mark S. Grossman , Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Daniel M. Reilly , Eric Fisher , Reilly Pozner, LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Appellant.

Steven R. Welch , Justin E. Porter , Nathaniel S. Mattison , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, Devon Energy Production Company, L.P.

John L. Randolph , Randall G. Vaughan , Pray, Walker, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Amicus Curiae, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association.


WINCHESTER, J.

¶ 1 Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (H & P) appeals a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, who are a class of oil and gas royalty owners. The jury returned verdicts on three alternative theories of recovery. The trial court judge granted judgment that included disgorgement of profits based on a sum the trial court found unjustly enriched H & P. On appeal, the Court of Civil Appeals affirmed in part and reversed in part, and remanded with instructions...

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