Judge Stays Mineral Rights Case, Says Issues Remain As To Point Pleasant Shale

( April 3, 2024, 1:25 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A judge in Ohio federal court stayed a mineral rights dispute between landowners and hydraulic fracturing companies pending resolution of an issue in federal bankruptcy court, but partly granted and partly dismissed a slew of motions for summary judgment by all parties, ruling that genuine issues of material fact remain and he cannot “conclusively determine” whether the disputed shale formation is “below the Utica Shale.”...