Court Opinion

ID: 4170614
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-05-22 13:13:53.96597+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:55:15.184724
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[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

       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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