On January 18, 2023, in TERA, LLC v. Rice Drilling D, LLC, et al., --- N.E.3d ----, 2023-Ohio-273, the Seventh District Court of Appeals issued a key decision concerning mineral trespass law in Ohio. The court of appeals...more
On December 17, 2020, in yet another significant case involving severed mineral interests, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued its opinion in Gerrity v. Chervenak, 2020-Ohio-6705. In a unanimous decision to affirm, the Court...more
On January 21, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ohio accepted jurisdiction over West v. Bode, an appeal from the Seventh District Court of Appeals, to decide an important legal issue that should provide much-needed clarity to...more
In the closely-followed case of Browne v. Artex Oil Co., 2019-Ohio-4809, issued on November 26, 2019, the Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that Ohio’s 21-year statute of limitations applies to a landowner’s declaratory judgment...more