- Represented an exploration and production company, as Lessee, in connection with claims brought by separate property owners for payment of bonuses after Lessee terminated Leases related to acreage in Lycoming County, PA.
- Representation of non-operator clients in claims against Operator resulting from significant losses from pipelines owned by Operator in Western Pennsylvania.
- Represented a named defendant in Belcher v. The Keeton Group, an action filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Plaintiffs claimed that defendants' leases were invalid under the Pennsylvania Minimum Royalty Statute, at 58 P.S.§ 33, as they provided for the deduction of post production costs from a 1/8 royalty.
- Represented an exploration and production company in connection with petitioning the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County for appointment of trustee under the Pennsylvania Dormant Oil and Gas Act.
- Represented an exploration and production company in connection with actions initiated by property owners in Pennsylvania related to the validity and scope of rights of way and other surface rights.
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