Mealey's (September 20, 2017, 3:07 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Sept. 15 dismissed a False Claims Act (FCA) case related to a dispute over hydraulic fracturing leases on grounds that it was precluded as a result of a ruling in an identical case (United States of America, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al. v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, No. 15-1608, N.D. Ohio; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150178)....