Claims for Oil & Gas Royalties Survive Dismissal 
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Published: August 16, 2011
Tags: Contract, Judge Pamela Meade Sargent, U.S. District Court - Western District
In this suit filed by the owners of lands and gas interests in Dickenson County for royalty payments under leases with defendant production company, an Abingdon U.S. District Court magistrate judge recommends dismissing plaintiffs’ claims for breach of the implied duty to operate diligently and prudently, and for breach of a fiduciary duty, but allowing ...
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