NORTHEAST NATURAL ENERGY LLC v. LARSON ENTERPRISES, INC. et al
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MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER - upon consideration of Plaintiff's Amended Motion to Vacate Arbitration Award (ECF No. 16 ) and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award (ECF No. 6 ) and for the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion accompanying this Order, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Amended Motion to Vacate Arbitration Award (ECF No. 16 ) is DENIED, and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award (ECF No. 6 ) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, and as more fully stated in said Memorandum Opinion and Order. Signed by Judge Kim R. Gibson on 9/20/2019. (dlg)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
NORTHEAST NATURAL ENERGY LLC,
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Case No. 3:lS•cv-240
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Plaintiff,
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JUDGE KIM R. GIBSON
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ALAN R. LARSON, JUDITH S. LARSON,
ROGER L. LARSON, CATHY R.
LARSON, DOUGLAS RYDBERG,
MOUNTAIN VIEW CENTER, INC., KARI
L. LARSON, ANDREW J. LARSON,
EDWARD HOUSTON, CARLENE
PEARCE-HOUSTON, MICHAEL
RUDELLA, MARY ANN RUDELLA,
RHCC, LLC, DORTHY J. MILSPAW,
ALDER RUN LAND, LP, ORRIN L.
FRENCH, JEFFREY A. DALKE,
CATHERINE G. ANDERSON, DAVID K.
DAHLGREN, MARJORIE DAHLGREN,
BONNIE LOU DAHLGREN PETERS, and
TERRY PETERS,
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Defendants.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
I.
Introduction
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff Northeast Natural Energy LLC's Amended Motion
to Vacate Arbitration Award (ECF No. 16) and Defendants Alan R. Larson et al.'s Motion to
Dismiss and Motion to Confirm Arbitration Award (ECF No. 6). These motions are fully briefed
and are ripe for disposition. (See ECF Nos. 7, 17, 18, 19, 22.)
This case arises from a dispute over the parties' obligations under several oil and gas
leases. The parties engaged in arbitration pursuant to an arbitration agreement. The arbitration
panel (the "Panel") entered awards in favor of Defendants and Plaintiff filed the Complaint in
this Court seeking to vacate the Panel's arbitration award.
For the reasons that follow, Plaintiff's Amended Motion to Vacate Arbitration Award
(ECF No. 16) is DENIED, and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Motion to Confirm Arbitration
Award (ECF No. 6) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.
II.
Jurisdiction and Venue
Defendants contest subject matter jurisdiction in this case. (See ECF No. 6
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