Simballa v. Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Div. of Oil & Gas Resources Mgt.

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5888

Syllabus

On appeal from trial court judgment affirming decision of the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission, which found that appellant's administrative appeal was untimely. The trial court did not err in concluding that appellant was a \person adversely affected\ by the Chief's Order pooling his mineral rights into a Unit with other rightsholders, and therefore appellant did not perfect his administrative appeal within the time allowed by R.C. 1509.36. The trial court did not err by concluding that R.C. 1509.36 is not unconstitutionally vague in violation of appellant's due process rights, and by finding that the classification set forth in the statute did not violate appellant's rights to equal protection of the laws. Judgment affirmed.