Split 6th Circuit: Residents Failed To Assert Claims Related To Fracking Leases

(November 22, 2016, 1:43 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 21 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that Ohio residents failed to assert claims under the False Claims Act (FCA) related to hydraulic fracturing leases on land designated to be held and used for recreation, conservation and reservoir development purposes (United States of America, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al. v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, No. 15-4406, 6th Cir.)....

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