(September 26, 2019, 3:37 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11 issued a verbal order administratively closing a hydraulic fracturing lease dispute after she was advised that a settlement in an underlying, related action involving the same parties had been reached. Before that order, the judge had previously partially granted and partially denied the fracking company’s motion to dismiss the case (Thomas W. Pflasterer, et al. v. Range Resources-Appalachia LLC, No. 18-1437, W.D. Pa.)....