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CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C. v. HICKMAN

Nos. 14-0921, 14-0922, 14-0923.

781 S.E.2d 198 (2015)

CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA, L.L.C., Red Sky Land, L.L.C., Red Sky-West Virginia, L.L.C., and Terry L. Murphy, Defendants below, Petitioners v. Cecil L. HICKMAN, Plaintiff below, Respondent and Geological Assessment & Leasing, and William Capouillez, Defendants below, Petitioners v. Cecil L. Hickman, Plaintiff below, Respondent and Great Lakes Energy Partners, LLC, n/k/a Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC, Defendant below, Petitioner v. Cecil L. Hickman, Plaintiff below, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 18, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy M. Miller, Esq. , Mychal S. Schulz, Esq. , Babst Calland Clements & Zomnir, P.C., Charleston, WV, for Petitioners Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C.; Red Sky Land, L.L.C.; Red Sky-West Virginia, L.L.C.; and Terry L. Murphy.

Robert C. James, Esq. , Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC, Wheeling, WV, for Petitioners Geological Assessment & Leasing and William Capouillez.

Kenneth J. Witzel, Esq. , Barnes Dulac Watson , Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner Great Lakes Energy Partners, LLC, now known as Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC.

Gregory A. Gellner, Esq. , Gellner Law Offices, Wheeling, WV, for the Respondent.

This case presents three appeals of an August 7, 2014, order by the Circuit Court of Ohio County. The appeals have been consolidated for consideration.

The complex issues in this case revolve around four overlapping leases to extract oil and gas from land owned by the plaintiff...

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