172378P.pdf   04/23/2019  Connie Smith  v.  Connie Arnett
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-2378
                          and No:  17-2607
                          and No:  17-2610
                          and No:  17-3443
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Erickson, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Colloton, 
   Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Class Actions. In a putative class action against SEECO, 
   Inc., challenging oil and gas royalty payments for oil wells in the 
   Fayetteville Shale formation, the district court certified a class of all 
   of SEECO's royalty owners with leases containing the relevant lease 
   language and formulated a class-notice plan with specific opt-out 
   procedures. Two hundred and forty-eight royalty owners, including Arnett, 
   moved to intervene to challenge the opt-out provisions. The district court 
   denied the motions, finding the procedures were not overly burdensome. The 
   matter proceeded to trial and judgment for SEECO. Held: the Arnett 
   appellants failed to appeal the denial of intervention within 30 days of 
   the order denying their motion, and their appeals were untimely; the 
   district court did not err in denying a motion to intervene filed after 
   the jury returned its verdict but before the court entered final judgment.