Oklahoma Mineral Owner Opposes High Court Review Of Class Certification Analysis

Mealey's (November 19, 2019, 4:12 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A petition for a writ of certiorari by a company that operates gas wells in Oklahoma asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether district courts must “undertake a rigorous analysis to determine whether” a class “is ascertainable through an administratively feasible method” before granting certification is inviting the high court “to micromanage an appellate court’s discretionary decision to deny interlocutory appeal of” the order, a mineral owner argues in his Nov. 18 brief in opposition (Apache Corporation v. Bigie Lee Rhea, No. 19-503, U.S. Sup.)....