Judge: Tribe Fails To State Valid Claim Against Agencies In Fracking Lease Dispute

Mealey's (September 26, 2017, 11:42 AM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma on Sept. 14 dismissed a hydraulic fracturing lease lawsuit brought by the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma against federal agencies, ruling that the tribe failed to state a valid claim that any federal laws were violated (Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 16-cv-697, N.D. Okla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 149128)....