(January 11, 2018, 10:42 AM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Dec. 21 dismissed a consolidated lawsuit regarding hydraulic fracturing lease disputes and ruled that issues pertaining to the individual leases must be resolved through individual arbitration rather than class arbitration (Patricia L. Abrams v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation, et al., No. 16-1343; Paul H. Arnold v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation, et al., No. 16-1345; Robert C. Abrams v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation, et al., No. 16-1346; and Kylie E. Ahern v. Chesapeake Energy Corporation, et al., No. 16-1347, M.D. Pa.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 209905)....