( September 5, 2024, 9:34 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mineral rights holders filed a brief in Ohio federal court on Sept. 4, arguing that it should deny a motion to dismiss their claim against hydraulic fracturing operators related to a dispute over the boundaries of the shale formation from which the fracking companies are extracting natural gas using a procedure called horizontal drilling. The mineral rights owners contend that their complaint survives a motion to dismiss because they allege that the trespass at issue is continual....