(October 12, 2020, 9:18 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A hydraulic fracturing sand company on Oct. 1 filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court contending that the Minnesota Supreme Court erred when it held that a mineral estate does not qualify as “property” under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution unless and until the owner has obtained all government permits needed to use the estate (Minnesota Sands LLC v. County of Winona, Minnesota, No. 20-441, U.S. Sup.)....