Company Seeks Dismissal Of Fracking Lease Case Based On Previous Litigation

Mealey's (August 5, 2022, 9:34 AM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A hydraulic fracturing company on Aug. 2 filed a brief in Oklahoma federal court contending that it should dismiss a landowner’s case in which he alleges that the company “orchestrated a scheme” to defraud him and violate his fracking lease because those are “baseless inflammatory accusations” and the landowner has not actually pleaded any of those claims.  The company also argues that the claims fail based on an order of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC)....