The Morsheiser Family Revocable Living Trust v. Anschutz Exploration Corp., No. 5:12 CV 1734, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156083 (N.D. Ohio Oct. 31, 2012)

(ruling on defendant’s motion to dismiss various claims in contract dispute regarding mineral-rights lease on plaintiff’s land; plaintiff sought reformation of the contract but court held no evidence contract failed to state intention of parties, so reformation not viable and claim dismissed; plaintiff sought nullification of the contract as contrary to public policy because it was solicited by an unlicensed real estate broker, but court held contract unaffected by this as proper remedy would be to preclude broker from recovering fee and claim dismissed; plaintiff argued contract was unconscionable because trustees who signed lease were elderly, uneducated, and in poor health and contract unreasonably favors defendants; court held allegations sufficient to survive motion to dismiss; court also denied claim to deem a judicial ascertainment clause void as against public policy as established by state law; court also held because plaintiff did not assent to assignment of lease that defendant remains bound by the contract).