Panel Refuses To Reconsider Denial Of Petition Appealing Fracking Earthquake Case

Mealey's (October 7, 2019, 10:04 AM EDT) -- DENVER — A panel of the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 2 denied a hydraulic fracturing company’s motion to reconsider the Circuit Court’s earlier refusal to hear argument in a fracking earthquake damage class action a district court had remanded to state court.  The panel issued a one-paragraph order in which it ruled that “the motion to reconsider is construed as a petition for panel rehearing, and, so construed, the petition is denied” (Trinity Operation (USG) LLC v  James Adams, No. 19-604, 10th Cir.)....