Judge: Couple Did Not Show Summary Judgment Is Warranted Against Fracking Company

(July 9, 2018, 8:50 AM EDT) -- CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A federal judge in West Virginia on July 5 denied a landowner couple’s motion for summary judgment on its breach of contract claim against a hydraulic fracturing company related to royalty interests, concluding that the couple did not establish whether the pricing formula in the contract provides for a fair market price at the relevant valuation point (Arnold K. Richards, et al. v. EQT Production Company, No. 17-50, N.D. W.Va.; 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111821)....

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