(September 2, 2015, 3:28 PM EDT) -- CLEVELAND — A federal judge in Ohio on Sept. 1 dismissed a lawsuit brought by residents against hydraulic fracturing companies, ruling that they failed to show that the companies were liable for a “takings” of their natural gas rights beneath the surface of their land (Keith J. Kerns, et al. v. Chesapeake Exploration LLC, et al., No. 15-346, N.D. Ohio; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116125)....