Horob, et al. v. Zavanna, LLC, et al.
Docket No. 20150203
Oral Argument:
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 2:45pm
Docket Info
- Title
- Sandra Horob, Steven Poeckes, Steve Shae,
Mike Shae, and Paul Shae, Plaintiffs and Appellants
v.
Zavanna, LLC, Wiser Oil Company, CSX Oil
Corporation, Petro Hunt, LLC, Atlantic Richfield
Co. assigned to BP American Production
Company, Mid-Continent Energy Investors, LP,
Huntington Natural Resources, Texas Gas
Exploration, Westport Oil & Gas Company,
Empire Drilling Company, Gene McCutchin, John
Klemer, Lamar Hunt, Caroline Hunt Schoelkopf
f/k/a Caroline Hunt Sands, Estate of Loyd B.
Sands, William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, Farrar
Oil Co., Mary K. Harris, Steven H. Harris Family
Limited Partnership, Forest Oil Corp., A.G.
Golden, Mary S. Golden, Great American Drilling
Partnership-1, Great American Drilling Exploration
Corp., Atropos Exploration Co., Al-Aquitaine, Inc.
f/k/a Aquitaine Oil Corp., Panda Exploration, Inc.,
Adobe Resources Corp., Prince Minerals, Ltd.,
Prince Minerals II, Ltd., Texas Gas Exploration,
Ltd., Western Exploration, Ltd., Mid-Continent
Energy, Inc., Spring Creek Exploration and
Production, LLC, Vintage Oil & Gas, LLC, Sierra
Resources, Inc., Internos, Inc., Pradera Del Notre,
Inc., David D. Peterson, Atropos Exploration, Inc.,
Richie V. Matchette, Split Creek Enterprises, LLC,
Wild Basin Oil & Gas, Onyx Energy, LLC, Cody
Oil and Gas, Mountain View Energy, Crystal BGF,
LP, Anglin Oil, LLC, Pearson Oil & Gas, LLC,
Serenity, LLC, Sundance Energy, Bakken
Caballeros, Rutter Enterprises, Weisser Oil, Eagle
River Ventures, Ulmer Energy, Liberty Resources,
River Bend, Keybridge Resources, LLC, Denbury
Onshore, and Energen Resources Corp. Defendants
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Zavanna, LLC, Petro Hunt, LLC,
Atlantic Richfield Co. assigned to BP American
Production Company, John Klemer,
William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, Mary K. Harris,
Steven H. Harris Family Limited Partnership,
Spring Creek Exploration and Production, LLC,
Vintage Oil & Gas, LLC, Sierra Resources, Inc.,
Internos, Inc., Pradera Del Notre, Inc.,
Split Creek Enterprises, LLC, Wild Basin Oil & Gas,
Onyx Energy, LLC, Cody Oil and Gas, Mountain View Energy,
Crystal BGF, LP, Anglin Oil, LLC, Pearson Oil & Gas, LLC,
Serenity, LLC, Sundance Energy, Bakken Caballeros,
Rutter Enterprises, Weisser Oil, Eagle River Ventures,
Ulmer Energy, River Bend, Keybridge Resources, LLC,
and Energen Resources Corp. Appellees - Case Type
- CIVIL APPEAL : OIL, GAS AND MINERALS
- Appeal From
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Case No. 2014-CV-00157
Northwest Judicial District, Williams County
Paul W. Jacobson
2016 ND 168883 N.W.2d 855
Oral Argument
1/5/2016
Highlight
When the parties have agreed on a specific period for a temporary cessation of oil or gas production, that clause controls over the common-law doctrine of temporary cessation allowing a reasonable time for resumption of production.
The terms of an oil or gas lease may allow the lease to be pooled with other lands or leases.
Unless provided otherwise, a governmental pooling agreement or order does not divide a lease, and production anywhere on the pooled area is considered production on all leases that may be wholly or partly in the pooled area.
Counsel
| Party | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Joshua Allen Swanson - 06788 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | John W Morrison - 03502 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Lawrence Bender - 03908 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Michael D. Schoepf - 07076 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Paul Jonathan Forster - 07398 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Nicholas Phillip Laurent - 07877 |
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 07/14/2015 | NOTICE OF APPEAL : 07/14/2015 | |
| 2 | 07/14/2015 | ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 07/17/2015 | |
| 3 | 07/16/2015 | NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV. | |
| 4 | 07/16/2015 | Notice served on J. Swanson, L. Bender, M. Schoepf, M. Barber, J. Morrison Jr., P. Forster, | |
| 5 | 07/16/2015 | J. Luellen, Huntington Natural Resources, Atropos Exploration, Adobe Resources, Al-Aquitaine Inc., | |
| 6 | 07/16/2015 | Caroline hunt Schoelkopf, CSX Oil Corp., Empire Drilling, Estate of Loyd B. Sands, Farrar Oil, | |
| 7 | 07/16/2015 | Richie Matchette, Gene McCutchin, Mid-Continent Energy Investors, Mid-Continent Energy Inc., | |
| 8 | 07/16/2015 | A.G. Golden, Mary Golden, Great American Drilling Corp., Great American Drilling Partnership, | |
| 9 | 07/16/2015 | Panda Exploration, D. Peterson, Prince Minerals II Ltd., Prince Minerals Ltd., Texas Gas, | |
| 10 | 07/16/2015 | Western Exploration Ltd., Westport Oil & Gas Company | |
| 11 | 07/16/2015 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Sandstrom, Dale V. | |
| 12 | 07/16/2015 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning | |
| 13 | 07/22/2015 | Notice of Bankruptcy for Sabine Oil & Gas Corp., f/k/a Forest Oil Corp. | |
| 14 | 07/22/2015 | STAY PENDING BANKRUPTCY ---- Forest Oil | |
| 15 | 09/01/2015 | Stipulation to Dismiss Sabine Oil & Gas Corp., f/k/a Forest Oil Corp., f/k/a Wiser Oil Co. | |
| 16 | 09/04/2015 | Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Paul Forster | |
| 17 | 09/07/2015 | Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Josh Swanson | |
| 18 | 09/09/2015 | Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Michael Schoepf | |
| 19 | 09/10/2015 | Additional Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Paul Forster | |
| 20 | 09/11/2015 | ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED January 20, 2015 & C.O.S. | |
| 21 | 09/15/2015 | Additional Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Josh Swanson | |
| 22 | 09/15/2015 | Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Jack Luellen | |
| 23 | 09/15/2015 | Additional Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Paul Forster | |
| 24 | 09/15/2015 | Additional Response Filed to Stipulation to Stipulation to Dismiss by Michael Schoepf | |
| 25 | 09/17/2015 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted | |
| 26 | 09/17/2015 | Order Dismissing Sabine Oil & Gas Corp., f/k/a Forest Oil Corp., f/k/a Wiser Oil Co. | |
| 27 | 09/17/2015 | Order/Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 28 | 09/17/2015 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (sua sponte after bankruptcy stay lifted) | |
| 29 | 09/17/2015 | ACTION BY CLERK (sua sponte after bankruptcy stay lifted) - Granted : 10/27/2015 | |
| 30 | 09/29/2015 | ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED September 28, 2015 (ENTRY NOS. 1 - 227) | |
| 31 | 10/02/2015 | ELEC. 1st SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED October 1, 2015 (ENTRY NOS. 228 & 229) | |
| 32 | 10/27/2015 | APPELLANT BRIEF | View |
| 33 | 10/27/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF | |
| 34 | 10/27/2015 | APPELLANT APPENDIX | |
| 35 | 10/27/2015 | E-FILED APPENDIX | |
| 36 | 10/27/2015 | Received $25 surcharge for ATB and $118 surcharge for ATA (receipt #24061) | |
| 37 | 10/29/2015 | Received corrections to ATB (reference to paragraph numbers) | |
| 38 | 11/12/2015 | Received proof of service on opposing counsel/unrepresented parties for Appellant's Brief | |
| 39 | 11/12/2015 | Received 7 copies of ATB and 6 copies of ATA from CSD | |
| 40 | 11/25/2015 | APPELLEE BRIEF (Petro-Hunt and William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate) | View |
| 41 | 11/25/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF | |
| 42 | 11/25/2015 | received $25 surcharge for AEB Petra-Hunt (receipt #24107) | |
| 43 | 11/25/2015 | Notice of Appearance of Nicholas Laurent on behalf of Vintage Oil, Mr. Bender remains lead counsel | |
| 44 | 11/30/2015 | Received 7 copies of AEB Petra-Hunt from CSD | |
| 45 | 11/27/2015 | APPELLEE BRIEF (Zavanna, et al.) (non-substantive correction to brief signed December 1, 2015) | View |
| 46 | 11/27/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF | |
| 47 | 11/27/2015 | APPELLEE APPENDIX (Zavanna, et al.) | |
| 48 | 11/27/2015 | E-FILED APPENDIX | |
| 49 | 11/30/2015 | received $53 surcharge for AEB and AEA Zavanna (receipt #24110) | |
| 50 | 12/01/2015 | Received non-substantive corrections to Appellee Brief (Zavanna, et al.) | |
| 51 | 12/04/2015 | Received 7 copies of AEB (Zavanna, et al.) and 6 copies of AEA from CSD | |
| 52 | 12/09/2015 | REPLY BRIEF (PDF) | View |
| 53 | 12/09/2015 | E-FILED BRIEF (PDF) | |
| 54 | 12/14/2015 | Received 7 copies of the RYB from Central Duplicating | |
| 55 | 12/18/2015 | NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT | |
| 56 | 12/22/2015 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Graff, Benny A. | |
| 57 | 12/23/2015 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Greenwood, Dann Edward | |
| 58 | 01/05/2016 | APPEARANCES: Joshua A. Swanson; Michael D. Schoepf | |
| 59 | 01/05/2016 | ARGUED: Joshua A. Swanson; Michael D. Schoepf | |
| 60 | 01/05/2016 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 61 | 08/23/2016 | DISPOSITION | |
| 62 | 08/23/2016 | UNANIMOUS OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John | View |
| 63 | 08/23/2016 | Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellee | |
| 64 | 08/24/2016 | Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 65 | 09/16/2016 | MANDATE | |
| 66 | 07/22/2022 | EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed |