Fracking Case Remanded Over Lack Of Federal Indian Lands In Class

(April 14, 2017, 2:15 PM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma property owner who filed a class action against two oil companies over earthquake damage allegedly caused by hydraulic fracturing did not intend to include owners of Indian federal trust land in the class membership, so federal law will not apply to any class claims, a federal judge held April 12 in remanding the dispute to state court (James Adams v. Eagle Road Oil LLC, et al., No. 16-cv-0757, N.D. Okla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55804)....