Mealey's (January 12, 2018, 9:56 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania municipality filed a brief in Pennsylvania federal court on Jan. 10, arguing that there is no case law that establishes that citizens do not have the right of local community self-government, including the right to ban activities that violate their civil and environmental rights. The municipality also moved for leave to cross-file for summary judgment against a hydraulic fracturing trade group that contends that the township’s ordinance prohibiting the disposal of fracking wastewater violates state law (Pennsylvania General Energy Company LLC v. Grant Township, No. 14-209, W.D. Pa.)....