(March 1, 2017, 8:55 AM EST) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on Jan. 31 denied a motion filed by royalty owners who sought to lift a stay in a case against hydraulic fracturing companies, ruling that she was not persuaded that the circumstances under which the stay was initially granted had changed sufficiently to warrant lifting it (Hope Christian Fellowship, et al. v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation, et al., No. 15-02275, N.D. Ohio)....