(July 6, 2018, 9:51 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 26 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that dismissed a claim brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) related to a dispute over hydraulic fracturing leases, concluding that the plaintiffs failed a second time to adequately plead that the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) was aware that the leases violated an obligation to the United States (United States, ex rel. Leatra Harper, et al. v. Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, No. 17-4098, 6th Cir.; 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 17387)....