Case Updates
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania holds “rule of capture” applies to unconventional oil & gas development, reversing lower court’s conclusion that the use of hydraulic fracturing alters the rule or necessarily involves trespass on adjacent property
January 31, 2020
Click here to view the opinion.
U.S. Chamber, Pennsylvania Chamber, and Washington County Chamber of Commerce file amicus brief urging Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reverse lower court’s failure to apply the long-standing “rule of capture” to unconventional oil & gas development
January 31, 2019
Click here to view the coalition brief filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, and Washington County Chamber of Commerce.
Terry R. Bossert, James J. Kutz, and Ryan M. Logan of Post & Schell, P.C. served as co-counsel for the amici.
Case Documents
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Reply Brief Briggsv Southwestern Energy Company Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- American Petroleum Institute Amicus Brief - Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Gillespie Amicus Brief -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- National Association of Royalty Owners Pennsylvania Chapter Amicus Brief --Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court).pdf
- Protect PT Amicus Brief -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Brief of Appellant --Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court).pdf
- Brief of Appellees -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Engelder Amicus Brief -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- IPAA Joinder Statement -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- MSC PIOGA Royalty Owners Amicus Brief -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Reply Brief -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Reproduced Record -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court) .pdf
- Opinion -- Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Company (Pennsylvania Supreme Court).pdf