(February 8, 2017, 4:34 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of landowners on Feb. 8 filed a brief in Ohio federal court contending that they have satisfied the federal requirements necessary to file an amended answer, a counterclaim, a cross-claim and a third-party complaint against a group of hydraulic fracturing companies in ongoing litigation pertaining to oil and gas rights underlying their respective surface estates (Chesapeake Exploration LLC, et al. v. Kenneth Buell, et al., No. 12-916, S.D. Ohio)....