Seeco, Inc., Desoto Gathering Company, LLC, and Southwestern Midstream Services Company, Appellants v. Sara Stewmon…

Summary

The court affirmed class certification in a dispute over deductions from natural-gas royalties under SEECO's standard leases. It held that the interlocutory appeal was limited to class-certification issues, that the class was objectively ascertainable, and that the record adequately supported the Rule 23 requirements. The court also upheld substitution of DeVazier as class representative and found her claims and defenses sufficiently typical and adequate. Justice Wood, concurring, agreed with the result but would not join the majority's discussion of concurrent jurisdiction and superintending authority, viewing those matters as dicta and appropriate for extraordinary-writ proceedings.