WHITE STAR PETROLEUM v. MUFG UNION BANK

No. 118,746.

480 P.3d 887 (2020)

2020 OK 89

WHITE STAR PETROLEUM, LLC, Appellant, v. MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

REHEARING DENIED January 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Lenaire , Craig Regens , Graydon D. Luthey, Jr. , GableGotwals, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellant.

Neal Tomlins , Tomlins Law, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellee MUFG Union Bank, N.A.

Michael Bickford , Fuller, Tubb & Bickford, PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellee Shebester-Bechtel, Inc.

J. Clay Christensen , Jonathan M. Miles , and Brock Z. Pittman , Christensen Law Group, PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellees Casing Crews, Inc., Casing Equipment Supply, LLC, Monster Services, LLC, and Superior Oilfield Consulting, LLC.

Mark A. Craige and Alexander Sokolosky , Crowe & Dunlevy, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellees Latshaw Drilling Company, LLC, and Mustang Heavy Haul, LLC.

Bradley Davenport , Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Kenneth Green and James B. Hamm , Snow, Spence, Green, LLP, Hockley, Texas, for Appellee Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, LLC.

Bradley Davenport , Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, LLP, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, William R. Sudela , Crady, Jewett, McCulley & Houren, LLP, Houston, Texas, for Appellee MS Directional, LLC.

Clayton D. Ketter , Phillips Murrah, P.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellees Ag & Oil Field, LLC, B.O.P. Ram Block and Iron Rentals, Inc., Journey Oilfield Equipment, LLC, Road Runner Trucking, LLC, Simmons Machine Work, Inc., and Western Workstrings, LLC.

Samuel Scott Ory , Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers, PLLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellee Cactus Drilling Company, LLC.

Michael Rubenstein and Leif Swedlow , Rubenstein & Pitts, PLLC, Edmond, Oklahoma, for Appellee Jackson Electrical Construction, LLC.

James Vogt , Reynolds, Ridings, Vogt & McCart, PLLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Appellee RK&R Dozer Service, LLC.

Phillip B. Wilson , Franden, Farris, Quillin, Goodnight & Roberts, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Appellee Day County Services, Inc.


¶1 The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma certified two questions of state law to this Court under the Revised Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act, 20 O.S. §§ 1601-1611. The questions certified are:

1. Are the "trust funds" created by Title 42 O.S. § 144.2, entitled...

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