Case Title: Schultheiss v. Heinrich Ents., Inc.

Citation: 2017-Ohio-2895

Docket Number: 2016-0623

State: ohio

Court: Ohio Supreme Court

Date: 2017-05-22T00:00:00Z

Document:
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as 
Schultheiss v. Heinrich Ents., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2017-Ohio-2895.] 
 
 
 
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SLIP OPINION NO. 2017-OHIO-2895 
SCHULTHEISS, APPELLEE, v. HEINRICH ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL., 
APPELLANTS. 
[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it 
may be cited as Schultheiss v. Heinrich Ents., Inc., Slip Opinion No.  
2017-Ohio-2895.] 
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
(No. 2016-0623—Submitted May 2, 2017—Decided May 22, 2017.) 
APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Washington County, 
No. 15CA20, 2016-Ohio-121. 
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{¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. 
O’DONNELL, FRENCH, O’NEILL, FISCHER, and DEWINE, JJ., concur. 
O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, J., dissent. 
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Fields, Dehmlow & Vessels, L.L.C., and Ethan Vessels, for appellee. 
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO 
 
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Theisen Brock, L.P.A., James S. Huggins, and Daniel P. Corcoran, for 
appellants. 
Chad A. Endsley, Leah F. Curtis, and Amy Milam, urging affirmance for 
amici curiae Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, Guernsey County Farm Bureau, and 
Washington County Farm Bureau. 
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, L.L.P., Gregory D. Russell, Peter A. 
Lusenhop, Steven A. Chang, and Ilya Batikov, urging reversal for amici curiae 
Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Southeastern Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Ascent 
Resources-Utica, L.L.C., Buckeye Oil Producing Company, Eclipse Resources 
Corporation, EnerVest Operating, L.L.C., Flat Rock Development, L.L.C., Hess 
Ohio Developments, L.L.C., HG Energy, L.L.C., Northwood Energy Corporation, 
Petrox, Inc., and Sound Energy Company, Inc. 
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