10th Circuit Reverses Mineral Rights Case; Company May Be Vicariously Liable

(January 14, 2019, 7:39 AM EST) -- DENVER — A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 26 reversed and remanded a case, ruling that a hydraulic fracturing company’s mineral rights were not expanded beyond those in common law despite a clause in a deed that pertained to the land where it sought to drill (Marvin Bay, et al. v. Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC, et al., No. 17-1374, 10th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 36454)....

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