Texas Justices Won't Take Up Bass Family Oil Lease Fight

By Michelle Casady (October 21, 2016, 7:42 PM EDT) -- The Texas Supreme Court declined Friday to grant review to several oil and gas companies who argued that when Chesapeake Exploration farmed out oil and gas operations on specific leases, including one owned by the billionaire Bass family, the leases expired, leaving intact a ruling that Chesapeake had the right to transfer the operations....

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