Company Says Fracking Lease Case Must Be Nixed, Necessary Party Cannot Be Joined

Mealey's (July 14, 2022, 11:11 AM EDT) -- BOISE, Idaho — A hydraulic fracturing company on July 12 filed a brief in Idaho federal court contending that a lawsuit brought by environmental groups alleging that federal agencies violated federal law in connection with fracking lease sales should be dismissed because the fracking operator says it is “a necessary party to this action that cannot be joined for a lack of personal jurisdiction, and a challenge to its oil and gas leases cannot proceed in its absence.”...