Court Opinion

ID: 9548655
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:06:37.603577+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:19:14.807969
License: Public Domain

BUETTNER, Presiding Judge,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent. The facts demonstrate that there are numerous written agreements among the interest owners which would govern the issue of responsibility for post-production costs. Thus, individual contract provisions predominate over any proposed common issues. Likewise, there is little authority to find overriding royalty interest owners are to be treated identically with royalty interest owners. The source of the two interests are quite distinguishable.
Thus, I would find the plaintiff failed to meet the requirements for class action certification under § 2023(A)(2)(3) and (4) and § 2023(B)(3).