Judge: Company Did Not Show Relevance Of Discovery Sought In Fracking Rights Case

( October 4, 2024, 8:33 AM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania has denied a hydraulic fracturing operator’s letter motion to compel discovery in a long-running and complex dispute over whether the operator trespassed and took natural gas from landowners’ property without authorization, ruling that the company had failed to satisfy its burden “to demonstrate that the requested discovery is relevant to a claim or defense at issue in this case.”...

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