DART CHEROKEE BASIN OPERATING CO. v. OWENS

No. 13-719.

135 S.Ct. 547 (2014)

190 L.Ed.2d 495

DART CHEROKEE BASIN OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. Brandon W. OWENS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nowell D. Berreth , Atlanta, GA, for Petitioners.

Rex A. Sharp , Prairie Village, KS, for Respondent.

Matthew J. Salzman , Molly E. Walsh , Stinson Leonard Street LLP, Kansas City, MO, David E. Bengtson , Jordan E. Kieffer , Stinson Leonard, Street LLP, Wichita, KS, Nowell D. Berreth , Counsel of Record, Brian D. Boone , Jonathan D. Parente , Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Petitioners.

Rex A. Sharp , Counsel of Record, Barbara C. Frankland , Gunderson Sharp, LLP, Prairie Village, KS, David E. Sharp , Gunderson Sharp, LLP, Houston, TX, John F. Edgar , Edgar Law Firm, LLC, Kansas City, MO, Grady Young , Coffeyville, KS, for Respondent.

GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C.J., and BREYER, ALITO, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined. SCALIA, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which KENNEDY and KAGAN, JJ., joined, and in which THOMAS, J., joined as to all but the final sentence. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


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