Residents: Company’s Sur-Reply To Fracking Class Should Be Denied

Mealey's (November 7, 2017, 2:11 PM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A group of leaseholders in Ohio who contend that hydraulic fracturing companies “systematically” violated their leases and underpaid royalties, filed a brief in Ohio federal court on Nov. 3, contending that the defendants’ motion seeking leave to file a sur-reply in opposition to their motion for class certification should be denied (Zehentbauer Family Land LP v. Chesapeake Exploration LLC, et al., No. 15-02449, N.D. Ohio)....