[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Miller v. Mellott, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6763.]

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SLIP OPINION NO. 2020-OHIO-6763 MILLER ET AL., CROSS-APPELLEES, v. MELLOTT ET AL., CROSS-APPELLANTS. [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as Miller v. Mellott, Slip Opinion No. 2020-Ohio-6763.] Cause dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. (No. 2019-1515―Submitted December 15, 2020―Decided December 29, 2020.) CROSS-APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Monroe County, No. 18 MO 0004, 2019-Ohio-504 and 2019-Ohio-4084. _________________ {¶ 1} This cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted. O’CONNOR, C.J., and KENNEDY, FRENCH, FISCHER, DEWINE, DONNELLY, and STEWART, JJ., concur. _________________ Theisen Brock, Daniel P. Corcoran, and Kristopher O. Justice, for cross- appellees, Allen B. Miller, Matilda J. Miller, Craig M. Miller, Tina E. Miller, Brenda D. Thomas, and Kevin M. Thomas. SUPREME COURT OF OHIO

Kincaid, Taylor & Geyer, Scott D. Eickelberger, and David J. Tarbert, for cross-appellants, Betty M. Mellott, Mary Hill, Paul Hill, Kathie Hill, Marcia J. Phelps, Debe Owens, Larry Hill (a.k.a. Lawrence Hill), Patty Hill (a.k.a. Patricia Hill), Terry Hill (a.k.a. Terrence Hill), Jody Hill, and Patricia Herndon. Jackson Kelly, P.L.L.C., Clay K. Keller, and Andrew N. Schock, in support of cross-appellants, for amici curiae Ascent Resources-Utica, L.L.C., and Gulfport Energy Corporation. _________________

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