James A. Rupert, et al. v. Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC, et al.
Case No. 2:21-cv-1281, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Plaintiffs James A. Rupert, William E. and Karan A. Travis, and Bryan E. Martin, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated royalty owners, have brought suit alleging that Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC and Range Resources Corp. underpaid royalties by improperly deducting post-production costs from royalty payments and by failing to base royalties on actual sales prices, thereby breaching the Plaintiffs’ and class members’ lease agreements and unjustly enriching Range Resources - Appalachia, LLC and Range Resources Corp.