Judge:  Local Exception Valid, Fracking Earthquake Case Belongs In State Court

Mealey's (July 24, 2019, 1:18 PM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma on July 23 remanded to state court a class action against oil companies regarding earthquake damage allegedly caused by hydraulic fracturing operations, ruling that the local exception requirement to federal class action law had been met (James Adams v. Eagle Road Oil LLC, et al., No. 18-568, N.D. Okla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122424)....