142734P.pdf   12/28/2015  Zelda Walls  v.  Petrohawk Properties, LP
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2734
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Oil and Gas law. Failure to pay royalties on a timely basis 
   was not a material breach of the oil and gas lease and would not support 
   cancellation of the lease; plaintiff waived previous breaches of the 
   lease; district court did not err in finding plaintiff unreasonably 
   withheld consent to defendant's assignment of the lease; defendant was not 
   responsible for the prior lessee's nonpayment of royalties; plaintiff 
   failed to allege defendant's breaches were willful or made in bad faith, 
   and she was not entitled to statutory penalties under Arkansas Code 
   Annotated Sec. 15-74-602.