(January 27, 2017, 2:52 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 24 denied a petition for rehearing en banc of its decision affirming 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.)....