U.S. High Court Denies Gas Well Operator’s Petition In Class Certification Dispute

Mealey's (January 13, 2020, 12:24 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 was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 (Apache Corporation v. Bigie Lee Rhea, No. 19-503, U.S. Sup.)....