Illinois Permit Moratorium Violates 5th Amendment, Fracking Company Says

Mealey's (January 11, 2021, 7:26 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A hydraulic fracturing company on Dec. 29 filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court contending that Illinois’ “unauthorized moratorium on permits” as well as “onerous regulations” amount to “a categorical regulatory taking” of fracking leases under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....