( December 5, 2024, 1:42 PM EST) -- CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A hydraulic fracturing operator filed a reply brief in West Virginia federal court on Dec. 4 contending that it should grant the company’s motion for a stay of an opinion and order that the court issued granting a motion to compel the production of documents sought by the plaintiffs in a long-running mineral rights class action. The fracking operator argues that the plaintiffs are not entitled to such information prior to certification of a class and that the order poses a greater hardship to the company than it does to the plaintiffs....