Panel:   Fracking Royalties Were Properly Calculated, Landowners’ Claims Fail

Mealey's (February 4, 2022, 1:57 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 1 affirmed a district court’s ruling and held that landowners were receiving the correct amount of hydraulic fracturing royalties and that the calculation method used by the companies did not entail a deduction of costs, contrary to the plaintiffs’ claims....