April 01, 2019
A Pennsylvania federal judge Sunday awarded $100,000 in attorneys’ fees to Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC after the company successfully challenged a township’s fracking waste ban, finding that the town’s litigation strategy prolonged the case.
April 10, 2018
Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC has settled claims against a Pennsylvania township fighting a proposed hydraulic-fracturing project, with both sides agreeing that PGE's partial win against the municipality's fracking waste ban could later be appealed.
July 18, 2017
A Pennsylvania township fighting a proposed fracking project motioned Monday for sanctions against attorneys representing Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC, claiming that the company's own bid for sanctions is an attempt to harass and intimidate the town.
April 05, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge on Wednesday threw out a Pennsylvania town's counterclaims against a trade group representing the oil and gas industry, marking the latest development in its fight to stop a proposed disposal well for fracking water that is unfolding in multiple courts.
April 03, 2017
A Pennsylvania magistrate judge on Friday granted in part Pennsylvania General Energy Co.'s bid for an early win in its suit against a township for banning corporations from disposing of oil and gas waste within the municipality, finding that the ordinance improperly stripped companies of their constitutional rights.
September 30, 2016
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association's lawsuit against a township that adopted an ordinance blocking corporations from disposing of oil and gas waste within the municipality, despite the fact that the ordinance has since been overturned.
January 15, 2016
Pennsylvania General Energy Co. on Friday asked a federal judge to sanction a Pennsylvania township and its counsel from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, saying that they should have known their defenses and counterclaims to PGE's suit challenging a fracking wastewater ordinance were beyond reasonable and ignored well-founded law.
October 15, 2015
A Pennsylvania federal court delivered a blow Wednesday to a western Pennsylvania municipality defending its ordinance banning the disposal of fracking wastewater from a challenge brought by Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC, ruling that key provisions of the ordinance violate state law and rules governing second-class townships.
August 12, 2014
Natural gas producer Pennsylvania General Energy Co. LLC has sued a western Pennsylvania municipality in federal court, alleging that a local ordinance banning the disposal of fracking wastewater violates the U.S. Constitution.