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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 2, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Daniel T. Donovan, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: John W. Barrett, BAILEY GLASSER LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Daniel T. Donovan, John C. O’Quinn, Ragan Naresh, Holly Rioux-Lefebvre, Saunders McElroy, KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Washington, D.C., Timothy B. McGranor, Ilya Batikov, VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Logan Trombley, MENDENHALL LAW GROUP, Akron, Ohio, John W. Barrett, BAILEY GLASSER LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: John Kevin West, John C. Ferrell, STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae.

Judge(s): SUTTON, Chief Judge; MOORE and RITZ, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio at Columbus

SUTTON, Chief Judge. A certified class of Ohio landowners alleges that a Colorado- based mining company underpaid them $10 million in natural gas royalties. The district court agreed, and so do we. We affirm.