WALNEY v. SWEPI LP et al

Filing 178

ORDER GRANTING in part and DENYING in part 140 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by THOMAS J. WALNEY, RODNEY A. BEDOW, SR. and DENYING 156 MOTION for Summary Judgment on the Class Claims filed by SHELL ENERGY HOLDING GP, LLC, and SWEPI LP, as set forth more fully in the accompanying memorandum opinion. Signed by Chief Judge Joy Flowers Conti on 04/20/2018. (kas)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
THOMAS J. WALNEY and
RODNEY A. BEDOW, SR.,
individually and on behalf of all
others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
SWEPI LP and SHELL ENERGY
HOLDING GP, LLC,
Defendants.

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CIVIL ACTION No. 13-102 Erie

ORDER

AND NOW, this 20th day of April, 2018, upon consideration of the motion for summary
judgment filed by plaintiffs Thomas J. Walney and Rodney A. Bedow, Sr. on behalf of the class
(ECF No. 140), the cross-motion for summary judgment filed on behalf of defendants SWEPI LP
and Shell Energy Holding GP, LLC (ECF No. 156), and the parties’ respective oppositions to the
foregoing motions and related filings, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, for the reasons set forth in
the accompanying memorandum opinion, that plaintiffs’ motion is GRANTED insofar as the
court has concluded, as a matter of law, that enforceable contracts existed between defendants
and the various class members. In all other respects, plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment (ECF No.
156) is DENIED.

/s/ Joy Flowers Conti
Joy Flowers Conti
Chief United States District Judge