(April 20, 2017, 1:07 PM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma on April 18 ruled that a landowner who sued the federal government for alleged wrongful approval of hydraulic fracturing permits that were issued for mineral estates underneath land he owned failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted (Merrill Chance v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 16-549, N.D. Okla.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58884)....