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Motion seeks to stop WV gas royalty case rehearing

By Ken Ward Jr. The state Supreme Court has been asked to cancel an oral argument scheduled for next week in a significant case in which justices are reconsidering whether natural gas drillers can deduct post-product costs from the royalties paid to certain mineral owners. Attorneys for Patrick Leggett and other mineral owners urged the court to call off the rehearing because, they say, Justice Beth Walker should not have taken part in a vote that approved EQT Corp.'s petition for the rehearing. The new motion, filed on Monday, argues that Walker should not have voted on the rehearing petition because she did not take part in the court's original consideration and ruling in the underlying case. Also, the motion argues that, the timing of her taking office aside, Walker should have disqualified herself from the matter because her husband, Mike Walker, owns stock in several different natural gas and related energy companies.

 

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