Judge Partially Dismisses Royalty Case, Says Claim For Equitable Accounting Fails

( January 3, 2025, 8:33 AM EST) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio has granted a hydraulic fracturing operator’s partial motion to dismiss a lawsuit involving a royalty dispute, ruling that landowners have failed to state a claim for equitable accounting and failed to state a claim for injunctive relief in a dispute over the alleged arbitrary deduction of royalties....