Panel:  Fracking Company’s Takings Claim Not Ripe; Permit Not Obtained

(May 7, 2020, 11:19 AM EDT) -- MOUNT VERNON, Ill. — In an unpublished opinion delivered April 21, an Illinois appellate panel ruled that a hydraulic fracturing company’s takings claim with regard to its oil and gas rights was unripe because it never applied for a permit under the requirements of a state act that went into effect during the company’s application process (Next Energy LLC v Department of Natural Resources, No. 5-18-0582, Ill. App., 5th Dist., 2020 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 659)....

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