Judge Orders Plaintiffs To File 4th Amended Complaint In Mineral Rights Dispute

( April 2, 2025, 9:01 AM EDT) -- CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Despite agreeing with a hydraulic fracturing operator that plaintiffs’ third amended complaint failed to properly plead a breach of contract claim, a federal judge in West Virginia did not dismiss the complaint, but ordered the plaintiffs to file a fourth amended complaint to address the current pleading’s lack....