Mealey's (November 3, 2020, 1:40 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Oct. 28 denied a motion to dismiss by an officer of a company purporting to be a supplier of hydraulic fracturing sand, ruling that the energy company suing for fraud did not need to show that the officer had sufficient minimum contact with the state of Illinois for the claim to be valid (Putnam Energy Holdings LLC v. Fracxchange.com LLC, et al., No. 19-7234, N.D. Ill., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 200103)....