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SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC v. KELLAM

No. 21-0729.

875 S.E.2d 216 (2022)

SWN PRODUCTION COMPANY, LLC, and Equinor USA Onshore Properties Inc., Defendants Below, Petitioners, v. Charles KELLAM, Phyllis Kellam, and all other persons and entities similarly situated, Plaintiffs Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: June 14, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Tabolsky, Esq. , Schiffer Hicks Johnson PLLC, Houston, Texas, Elbert Lin, Esq. , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Richmond, Virginia, Timothy M. Miller, Esq. , Jennifer J. Hicks, Esq. , Katrina N. Bowers, Esq. , Babst, Calland, Clements, & Zomnir, P.C., Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Petitioners.

James G. Bordas III, Esq. , Richard A. Monahan, Esq. , Bordas & Bordas, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, Counsel for Respondents.

Scott A. Windom, Esq. , Windom Law Offices, PLLC, Harrisville, West Virginia, Anthony J. Majestro, Esq. , Powell & Majestro, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae West Virginia Land and Mineral Owners Association and West Virginia Association for Justice.

W. Henry Lawrence, Esq. , Amy M. Smith, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Bridgeport, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae American Petroleum Institute, Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc., and West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Howard M. Persinger, III, Esq. , Persinger & Persinger, L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amici Curiae West Virginia Royalty Owners' Association, West Virginia Farm Bureau, Bounty Minerals LLC and Siltstone Resources, LLC.

Michael W. Carey, Esq. , David R. Pogue, Esq. , Carey, Douglas, Kessler & Ruby, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Marvin W. Masters, Esq. , April D. Ferrebee, Esq. , The Masters Law Firm LC, Charleston, West Virginia, Counsel for Amicus Curiae National Association of Royalty Owners, Appalachia.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia has certified four questions to this Court, which seek to clarify whether, in payment of royalties under an oil and gas lease, the lessor may be required to bear a portion of the post-production costs incurred in rendering the oil and gas marketable. First...

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