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HARRISON v. CABOT OIL & GAS CORP.

No. 75 MAP 2014.

110 A.3d 178 (2015)

Wayne HARRISON and Mary Harrison, Appellees v. CABOT OIL & GAS CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 17, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Jon Moody, Esq. , Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association, for PA Independent Oil & Gas Assoc.; Marcellus Shale Coalition; Chief Oil & Gas; Southwestern Enery, Amicus Curiae.

Thomas I. Vanaskie, Esq. , Marcia Mary Waldron, Esq. , U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, for United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

George A. Bibikos, Esq. , David R. Fine, Esq. , Amy L. Groff, Esq. , K & L Gates, L.L.P., Harrisburg, for Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation.

Charles Lyman Becker, Esq. , Kline & Specter, P.C., Philadelphia, for Wayne and Mary Harrison.

Charles McPhedran, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Pauline Beck, Ronald J. Gulla, Margaret Henry, Rebecca Roter, Angela Smith & William Smith, Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

We accepted certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to address whether the primary term of an oil-and-gas lease should be equitably extended by the courts, where the lessor has pursued an unsuccessful lawsuit challenging the validity of the lease.

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