( October 24, 2024, 1:29 PM EDT) -- WHEELING, W.Va. — The plaintiffs who are suing Southwestern Energy Co. and Southwestern Production Co. LLC (collectively, Southwestern) alleging that they paid diminished royalty payments regarding hydraulic fracturing mineral rights have filed a reply brief in West Virginia federal court in support of a motion for class certification, contending that Southwestern takes “a time-honored but unremarkable approach in its argument, largely insisting that this case is far more complex than it really is and that untold numbers of individualized inquiries requiring endless ‘mini-trials’ stand firmly in the way of certifying the proposed class.”...