Mealey's (February 6, 2019, 1:33 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 4 affirmed a district court ruling and said that landowners failed to state a claim that their rights were violated when an Ohio agency granted the request of a hydraulic fracturing company and forced the landowners’ properties to be pooled for drilling purposes despite their opposition (Corey Kerns, et al. v. Chesapeake Exploration LLC, et al., No. 18-3636, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 3450)....