Mineral Company: Fracking Lease Dispute Should Be Dismissed, Title Not Slandered

(October 5, 2018, 2:24 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A mineral management company on Sept. 10 filed a brief in New Mexico federal court contending that a hydraulic fracturing company’s case against it for breach of contract in a mineral lease assignment should be dismissed because the fracking company does not have a claim for slander of title (Marathon Oil Permian LLC v. Ozark Royaly Company LLC, et al., No. 18-548, D. N.M.)....