Panel Partially Reverses Mineral Rights Ruling Based On Reading Of 1948 Deed

( January 22, 2025, 2:37 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has partially reversed and remanded a lower court’s decision in a long-running and complex mineral rights dispute, ruling that the reasoning that found in favor of the defendant, Gulfport Energy Corp., on its claim to the rights on a 165-acre tract of land was “mistaken” based on the language of the 1948 deed....