Judge: Fracking Lease Case To Proceed Despite Inability To Add Council As A Party

Mealey's (November 4, 2020, 1:42 PM EST) -- TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge in Oklahoma on Nov. 2 ruled that a landowner’s case against the federal agencies that approved oil and gas leases for hydraulic fracturing could proceed despite the fact that the court could not add as a required party a Native American mineral council that was instrumental in approving the leases (David P. Hayes v. David L. Bernhardt, et al., No. 16-615, N.D. Okla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204045)....