Hydraulic Fracturing Hydraulic Fracturing Case Chart Challenges to Oil & Gas Lease Civil Tort Actions Municipal Actions Disputes Other Land Use Citizen Suits Challenges to and Property Agency Actions Rights Disputes Government Enforcement Challenges to State Defamation and Actions and Federal Laws SLAPP Suits and Regulations Suits Against Freedom of Contract Disputes Project Opponents Information Lawsuits Date last updated: Constitutional December 2, 2015 Claims For more information Other Disputes about Arnold & Porter LLP’s hydraulic fracturing practice, click here © 2015 Arnold & Porter LLP  Maring v. Nalbone, Index No. K12009001499 Civil Tort Actions  Parr v. Aruba Petroleum, Inc., No. 11- (N.Y. Sup. Ct., filed Aug. 2009) + 1650 (Dallas Co. Ct. at Law, filed Mar. 2011) (11th am. pet. filed Sept. 2013) Zimmerman v. Atlas America, LLC, No. 2009-  7564 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pl, filed Sept. 2009) +  Sizelove v. Williams Production Co., LLC, No. 10- (jury verdict Apr. 2014) (mot. for JNOV 50355-367 (Tex. Dist. Ct., filed Nov. 2010) + denied June 2014) (final judgment July 9, Harnas v. Gas Field Specialists, Inc., No. 09-cv-  2014) (order on motion for new trial 06629 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., filed Nov. 2009) (removed  Hagy v. Equitable Production Co., No. 10-CV-13722 Sept. 2014) (notice of appeal Oct. 2014) to W.D.N.Y. Dec. 2009) + (S.D. W. Va., filed Dec. 2010) (motion for SJ granted + May 2012 and June 2012) (4th Cir. aff’d Oct. 2013) + Ely v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., No. 09-CV-2284  Baker v. Anschutz Exploration Corp., No. (M.D. Pa., filed Nov. 2009) (mot. to dismiss  Mitchell v. EnCana Oil & Gas, Inc., No. 10-CV-2555  11-CV-6119 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Chemung Co., denied Nov. 2010) (joint stip. of voluntary (N.D. Tex., filed Dec. 2010) (voluntarily dismissed filed under Index No. 11-1168, Feb. dismissal Sept. 2012) (R&R on Ely Estate claims Nov. 2011 after settlement) + 2011) (removed to W.D.N.Y. Mar. 2011) Mar. 2014) (R&R on Hubert family claims Mar. Otis v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, No. 11-cv-  (stip. & order June 2013) (mots. denied 2014) (summ. j. for defs. on strict liab. claims 00115 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl., filed Dec. 2010) (removed to June 2013) + Apr. 2014) (R&R on mot. for sanctions May 2014) M.D. Pa. Jan. 2011) Bidlack v. Chesapeake Andre v. EXCO Resources, Inc., No. 11- (sanctions order July 2014) (summ. j. for defs. on Appalachia, LLC, No. 11-cv-00129 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl.,  00161 (W.D. La., filed Apr. 2011) + Ely Estate claims July 2014) (partial summ. j. for amended complaint filed Dec. 2010) (removed to Strudley v. Antero Resources Corp., No. defs. on Hubert family claims July 2014) (order M.D. Pa. Jan. 2011) + 2011-CV-22 (Colo. Dist. Ct., filed Mar. adopting Carter stip. of voluntary discontinuance Harris v. Devon Energy Prod. Co., L.P., No. 10-CV-  2011) (dismissed May 2012) (Colo. Ct. July 2014) (sanctions notice of appeal Aug. 2014) 0708 (N.D. Tex., filed Dec. 2010) (transferred to E.D. App. dismissal rev’d July 2013) (pet. for (Ely Estate notice of appeal Aug. 2014) (order on Tex. Dec. 2010) (report & recommendation June cert filed Aug. 2013) (cert. granted Apr. defendants’ motion to clarify Oct. 2015) (order 2011) (motion for partial dismissal granted July 2014); No. 13SC576 (Colo. aff’d Apr. on plaintiffs’ motion for leave to take deposition 2011) (report & recommendation Dec. 2011) 2015) + Oct. 2015) + (plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss without prejudice Beckman v. EXCO Resources, Inc., No. Scoma v. Chesapeake Energy Corp., No. 10-CV- granted Jan. 2012) (dismissal affirmed as modified   11-00617 (W.D. La., filed Apr. 2011) 1385 (N.D. Tex., filed July 2010) (dismissed with 5th Cir. Dec. 2012) + prejudice after settlement Dec. 2011) + Smith v. Devon Energy Prod. Co., L.P., No. 11-CV-  Ginardi v. Frontier Gas Services, LLC, No.  11-CV-0420 (E.D. Ark., filed May 2011) Berish v. Southwestern Energy Production Co., 0104 (N.D. Tex., filed Jan. 2011) (transferred to E.D.  (motion for class certification denied) + 10-CV-1981 (M.D. Pa, filed Sept. 2010) (motion Tex. Mar. 2011) (plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss without to dismiss partially denied Feb. 2011) (motion to prejudice granted July 2012) +  Tucker v. Southwestern Energy Co., 11- add defendants granted May 2012) + Bombardiere v. Schlumberger Tech. Corp., No. 1:11- CV-0044 (E.D. Ark, filed May 2011) (mot.  to dismiss granted in part Feb. 2012) Armstrong v. Chesapeake Appalacia, LLC (Pa. Ct. cv-00050 (W. Va. Cir. Ct., filed Feb. 2011) (removed  (dismissed after settlement Aug. 2012) + Com. Pl., filed Oct. 2010) + to N.D. W.Va. Apr. 2011) (stipulation and order of Heinkel-Wolfe v. Williams Production Co., LLC, dismissal Jan. 16, 2013) (order on summary  No. 10-40355-362 (362nd Dist. Ct. Denton Co., judgment motion Jan. 30, 2013) (order on summary Texas, filed Nov. 2010) + judgment motion Jan. 31, 2013) (order on summary judgment motion Feb. 1, 2013) (order on summary judgment motion Feb. 21, 2013) (judgment Apr. tort actions continued on next page 2013) + return to first page Civil Tort Actions Berry v. Southwestern Energy Co., 11-CV-0045 Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C. v. Cameron   (E.D. Ark., filed May 2011) (mot. to dismiss International Corp., No. CIV-13-1118-M granted in part Feb. 2012) (dismissed after  Teel v. Chesapeake Appalachia LLC , No. 11-cv-5 (W.D. Okla. July 2014) + settlement Aug. 2012) + (N.D. W. Va. Oct. 2012) + Cerny v. Marathon Oil Corp., No. 13-05-   Hearn v. BHP Billiton Petroleum (Arkansas) Inc.,  Magers v. Chesapeake Appalachia LLC, No. 5:12- 0018-CVK (Tex. Dist. Ct., filed May 2013); No. 11-CV-0474 (E.D. Ark., filed June 2011) + cv-49 (N.D. W.Va.) (mot. to dismiss denied Apr. 5:13-cv-00562-XR (W.D. Tex. removed June  Scoggin v. Cudd Pumping Servs., Inc., No. 11-CV- 2013) (CNX mot. to dismiss granted Aug. 2013) 2013; order denying remand Aug. 2013; 00678 (E.D. Ark., filed Sept. 2011) (stip. of (mot. to amend/alter j. denied Dec. 2013) remand order Aug. 2013); No. 13-05-0018- dismissal without prejudice June 2013) + (Columbia Gas mot. for summ. j. granted Sept. CVK (Tex. Dist. Ct. orders granting summ. j. Evenson v. Antero Resources Corp., No. 2011- 2014) + to defs. Aug. 2014; notice of appeal Aug.  CV-5118 (Denver Co. Dist. Ct., filed July 2011) Whiteman v. Chesapeake Appalachia, L.L.C., No. 2014); No. 04-14-00650-CV (Tex. Ct. App.  (dismissed Aug. 2012) + 12-1790 (4th Cir. Sept. 4, 2013) + aff’d Oct. 2015) (dissent Oct. 2015) +  Dillon v. Antero Resources, No. 11-CV-1038  Reece v. AES Corp., No. CIV-12-0457-JH (E.D.  Ladra v. New Dominion LLC, No. CJ-2014- (W.D. Pa., filed Aug. 2011); Beca v. Antero Okla. Jan. 2014) + 115 (Okla. Dist. Ct., filed Aug. 2014) Resources, 11-CV-1040 (W.D. Pa., filed Aug. (dismissed Oct. 2014); No. SD - 113396 (Okla. Leighton v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, No. 2011) +  rev’d June 2015) + 1:13–CV–2018 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 2013) +  Managan v. Landmark 4, LLC (N.D. Ohio, filed  Butts v. Southwestern Energy Production Carter v. EOG Resources, Inc., No. 4:12–CV–003 Mar. 2012); Boggs v. Landmark 4, LLC, No. 12-  Co., No. 3:12-cv-1330 (M.D. Pa. defs.' mot. (D.N.D. Oct. 2013) + cv- 614 (N.D. Ohio, filed Mar. 2012) (motion to for summ. j. denied Aug. 2014; dismiss denied Aug. 2012) + Stroud v. Southwestern Energy Co., No. 4:12– reconsideration denied Sept. 2014; order for  cv–500–DPM (E.D. Ark. motion to dismiss denied dismissal Oct. 2014) + Kamuck v. Shell Energy Holdings GP, LLC  in part Sept. 2013) (dismissed Sept. 2015); No. (M.D. Pa. Apr. 2012) (motion for Lone Pine case  McKee v. Chevron Appalachia, LLC, GD No. 15-3458 (8th Cir. appeal filed Oct. 2015) + management order denied Sept. 2012) 14-10554 (Pa. Ct. Common Pleas, filed June (dismissed Mar. 2015) + Environmental Processing Systems LC v. FPL 2014; prelim. objections overruled Oct. 7,  Farming Ltd., No. 09-08-00083-CV (Tex. Ct. App. 2014) (order approving settlement May Hiser v. XTO Energy, Inc. (W.D. Ark. mot. to  remanded Sept. 2012); No. 12-0905 (Tex. oral 2015) + compel denied Aug. 2012) (jury verdict for argument Jan. 7, 2014) + plaintiff Sept. 2012) (mot. for j. as matter of law  Dueling v. Devon Energy Corp., No. 14- & for new trial or remittitur denied Sept. 2013) Anglim v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., No. 2011- 11177 (5th Cir. remanded Aug. 2015) +  No. 13-3443 (8th Cir. aff’d Oct. 2014) + 008256-1 (Tarrant Co. Ct. at Law) + Sciscoe v. Enbridge Gathering (North Texas),  Roth v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., No. 12-CV-00898 Crowder v. Chesapeake Operating, Inc., No. L.P., No. 07-13-00391-CV (Tex. Ct. App.   (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pl. filed Mar. 2012) (removed to 2011-008256-1 (Tarrant Co. Ct. at Law, filed ) (2d summ. j. for defs. rev’d in part June 2015) + M.D. Pa. May 2012) (first amended complaint am. pet. Nov. 2013) (jury verdict May 2014) + filed Aug. 2012)(denial of Lone Pine case management order Oct. 2012) + return to first page Civil Tort Actions Cole v. EP Energy Co., E&P, L.P., No. 4:15-cv-  02844 (S.D. Tex., filed Sept. 2015) + return to first page Citizen Suits Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future v. Ultra Resources,  Inc., No. 4:11-CV-1360 (M.D. Pa., filed July 21, 2011) + Clean Water Action v. Mun. Auth. of McKeesport  (W.D. Pa., settled May 1, 2012) + Clean Air Council, 60-Day Notice of Intent to Sue  (concerning Pennsylvania’s implementation of the Clean Air Act with respect to the oil and gas industries) (submitted to EPA on May 30, 2013) + Clean Water Action v. Waste Treatment Corp., No. 13-  00328 (W.D. Pa., filed Oct. 28, 2013) + Sierra Club, Notice of Intent to Sue for Violations of the  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Involving Earthquakes Induced by the Injection and Disposal of Oil and Gas Production Wastes into the Ground (Oct. 2015) + return to first page Government Enforcement Actions United States v. Range Prod. Co., 11-CV-0116 U.S. v. Guesman, 1:13 CR 113 (N.D. Ohio guilty Colo. Oil & Gas Conservation Comm’n, “20-    (N.D. Tex., filed Jan. 2011) (case voluntarily plea Aug. 2013); U.S. v. Lupo, 4:13-cr-00113- Day Injection Pause” at Well Operated by NGL dismissed Mar. 2012) + DCN (N.D. Ohio guilty plea Mar. 2014; Water Solutions DJ LLC (press release June sentencing Aug. 2014) + 2014; press release July 2014) + In re U.S. Energy Dev. Corp., File No. 11-57  (N.Y. S. DEC, filed Jan. 2012) + City of Denton, Texas v. EagleRidge Energy, California Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal   LLC, No. __ (Tex. Dist. Ct., appl. for TRO Oct. Resources, Orders Shutting Down 11 In re Chesapeake Appalachia LLC  2013; notice of non-suit Oct. 2013) + Wastewater Disposal Wells (orders issued July (N.Y.S. Att’y Gen. June 2012) + 2, 2014; press release July 18, 2014) + U.S. v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, 5:13-cv- Talisman Energy USA, Inc. (EPA, consent order   00170 (N.D. W. Va. consent decree entered United States v. Wright, No. 14-cr-7 (W.D. Pa. entered July 2012) +  Dec. 2013) + indictment Feb. 2014; change of plea Aug.  Matter of Fluid Recovery Services, LLC, Docket U.S. v. Stinson, 1:12-cr-00012-JHM-HBB (W.D. 2014) + No. CWA-03-2013-0051DN (EPA Region III,  Ky. sentencing Jan. 2014) + United States v. Trans Energy, Inc., No. 5:14- admin. order for compliance on consent May  cv-00117 (N.D. W. Va. consent decree & 2013); Matter of Hart Resource Technologies, Wisconsin v. Preferred Sands of Wisconsin,  complaint Sept. 2, 2014) + Inc., Docket No. CWA-03-2013-0049 (EPA LLC, 2013 CX 000001 (Wis. Cir. Ct. Dec. 2013) + Region III, consent agreement and final order In re Investigation by Eric T. Schneiderman, State of Florida Department of Environmental  May 2013); Matter of Pennsylvania Brine  Attorney General of State of New York, of EOG Protection v. Dan A. Hughes Co., L.P., OGC File Treatment, Inc., Docket No. CWA-03-2013- Resources, Inc., Assurance No. 14-182 (Oct. No. 14-0012 (Fla. Dep’t of Envtl. Prot. consent 0050 (EPA Region III, consent agreement and 2014); In re Investigation by Eric T. order Apr. 2014); No. 14-0400 (Fla. Dep’t of final order May 2013) + Schneiderman, Attorney General of State of Envtl. Prot. notice of revocation July 2014) + New York, of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., U.S. v. SG Interests I, Ltd., 12-cv-00395 (D.  Colo., filed Feb. 2012) (motion for entry of final  State of Florida, Department of Environmental Assurance No. 14-183 (Oct. 2014) + Protection v. Dan A. Hughes Co., L.P., No. judgment denied Dec. 2012) (final judgment on Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department 112014CA0016430001XX (Fla. Cir. Ct., filed July  consent for SG Interests and Gunnison Apr. of Environmental Protection v. EQT Production 18, 2014) + 2013) + Co., No. 2014-140-CP-L (Pa. Envtl. Hearing Bd., D & L Energy, Inc. v. Div. of Oil & Gas  Carrizo (Marcellus) LLC (Pa. Dept. of Envtl. Prot. filed Oct. 2014; stay denied Oct. 2014; opinion  June 2014) + in support of stay denial Oct. 2014) + Resources Mgmt., Appeal No. 847 (Ohio Oil & Gas Comm’n June 2013) +  United States v. Garber, No. 1:14-cr-114  United States v. Hardrock Excavating LLC, No. (D.N.D. information June 2014; plea agreement 1:13-cr-113 (N.D. Ohio guilty plea May 2015) + U.S. v. XTO Energy, Inc., 4:13-cv-01954-MWB  June 2014; minutes Sept. 2014) + (M.D. Pa. ) (consent decree entered Sept. 2013) + return to first page Government Enforcement Actions In re Chevron Appalachia, LLC (Pa. Dep’t of  Envtl. Prot. consent assessment of civil penalty May 2015) + North Dakota Industrial Commission v. Alturas  Energy, LLC, No. 23514 (N.D. Indus. Comm’n order July 2015) + WPX Energy Appalachia, LLC v. Pennsylvania  Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2015-110 (Pa. Envtl. Hearing Bd., filed Aug. 3, 2015) + Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. v. Pennsylvania  Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2015-131 (Pa. Envtl. Hearing Bd., filed Sept. 2015; amended notice of appeal filed Sept. 2015) + Mason Well Service, OSHA Inspection No.  1045380 (Sept. 2015) + EQT Production Co. v. Pennsylvania  Department of Environmental Protection, No. 2015-152 (Pa. Envtl. Hearing Bd., filed Oct. 2015) + return to first page Challenges to Municipal Actions Plains Exploration & Production Co. v. City of Colo. Oil & Gas Ass’n v. Longmont (Colo. Dist. Colorado Oil & Gas Association v. City of    Culver City (Cal. Super. Ct. L.A. Co. Mar. 2010) Ct., filed Dec. 2012) (plaintiffs’ mot. for summ. Lafayette, No. 2013CV031746 (Colo. Dist. + j. granted July 2014) (intervenors’ notice of Ct., filed Dec. 2013) (summ. j. for plaintiffs appeal Sept. 2014)(stay order & bond order Aug. 2014) + Northeast Natural Energy LLC v. City of  Oct. 2014); No. 14CA1759 (Colo. Ct. App. Morgantown, West Virginia, No. 11-C-411 Cave v. City & County of Broomfield, referred to Colo. Sup. Ct. Aug. 2015); Food  (W. Va. Cir. Ct. Aug. 2011) + Colorado, No. 13CV303 13 (Colo. Dist. Ct. and Water Watch v. TOP Operating Co., No. Feb. 2014) +  Weiden Lake Property Owners v. Klansky 15SC667 (Colo. petition for writ of certiorari (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Aug. 2011) + granted Sept. 21, 2015) +  Trinity East Energy, LLC v. City of Dallas, No. DC-14-01443 (Tex. Dist. Ct. filed Feb.  Matter of Wallach v. Town of Dryden (N.Y.  State ex rel. Morrison v. Beck Energy Corp., 2014; am. pet. filed Apr. 2014) + Sup. Ct., filed Sept. 2011) (ordinance upheld 2013-Ohio-356 (Ohio. Ct. Comm. Pls. , inj. Feb. 2012) (N.Y. App. Div. aff’d May 2013) granted ) (Ohio Ct. App., rev’d Feb. 2013); No.  Bass Energy, Inc. v. City of Broadview (N.Y. leave to appeal granted Aug. 2013) (aff’d 2013-0465 (Ohio aff’d Feb. 2015) + Heights, No. CV 14 828074 (Ohio Ct. June 2014) (mot. for renewal & reargument Comm. Pleas, filed June 2014) + Lenape Resources, Inc. v. Town of Avon, Index denied Oct. 2014) +  No. 1060-2012 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. dismissed Mar.  Western States Petroleum Association v.  Cooperstown Holstein Corp. v. Town of 2013); No. 14-00102 (N.Y. App. Div. dismissed City of Compton, No. BC552272 (Cal. Super. Middlefield (N.Y. Sup. Ct., filed Sept. 2011) as moot Oct. 2014) + Ct., filed July 2014) + (ordinance upheld Feb. 2012) (N.Y. App. Div. aff’d May 2013) (N.Y. leave to appeal granted  Grafe-Kieklak v. Town of Sidney, Index No.  Geokinetics USA, Inc. v. Center Township, 2013-602 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Delaware Co. filed No. 2:14-cv-00982 (W.D. Pa., filed July Aug. 2013) (aff’d June 2014) + June 2013) + 2014) + Matter of Sierra Club v. Village of Painted  Post (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Steuben Co., filed June  Protect Our Loveland, Inc. v. City of Loveland,  MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, Case No: 2013CV31142 (Colo. Dist. Ct.) (mot. LLC v. Cecil Township Zoning Hearing 2012) + for prelim. inj. Sept. 2013) + Board, No. 223 C.D. 2013 (Pa. Commw. Ct. MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, judgment for def. rev’d Sept. 2014) +  Beezley v. Broomfield, No. 2013CV30304 LLC v. Cecil Township (Pa. Commw. Ct., filed  (Colo. Dist. Ct. Dec. 2013) + June 2012) + Colorado Oil & Gas Association v. City of Fort Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation   Collins, No. 2013CV031385 (Colo. Dist. Ct., Commission v. City of Longmont (Colo. Dist. filed Dec. 2013) (mot. to intervene Feb. 2014) Ct., filed July 2012) (stipulated dismissal Oct. (summ. j. for plaintiffs Aug. 2014); No. 2014) + 14CA1991 (Colo. Ct. App. referred to Colo.  Jeffrey v. Ryan (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Oct. 2012) + Sup. Ct. Aug. 2015); No. 15SC668 (Colo. return to first page petition for writ of certiorari granted Sept. 2015) + Challenges to Municipal Actions Pennsylvania General Energy Co., L.L.C. v. Grant State ex rel. Youngstown v. Mahoning County Board   Township, No. 14-cv-209 (W.D. Pa., filed Aug. 8, of Elections, No. 2015-1422 (Ohio opinion Sept. 2014) (plaintiffs’ motion for judgment on pleadings 2015) + granted in part Oct. 2015) + Matter of Sierra Club v. Village of Painted Post, No.  Sovereign Operating Co. LLC v. City and County of 151 (N.Y. dismissal on standing grounds reversed  Broomfield, Colorado, No. 2014CV30092 (Colo. Dist. Nov. 2015) + Ct. summ. j. for plaintiffs Sept. 2014) + Arsenal Minerals and Royalty v. City of Denton,  Texas, No. 14-07262-431 (Tex. Dist. Ct., filed Sept. 2014; amended pet. filed Sept. 2014); No. 4:14-cv- 00639-ALM (E.D. Tex., notice of removal Oct. 2014) (agreed motion to dismiss Mar. 2015) + Texas Oil & Gas Association v. City of Denton, No  14-08933-431 (Tex. Dist. Ct., filed Nov. 2014) (am. compl. June 2015) (agreed order of dismissal Sept. 2015) + Patterson v. City of Denton, No. D-1-GN-14-004628  (Tex. Dist. Ct., filed Nov. 2014) (transferred to Denton County), Bush v. City of Denton, No. 15- 02058-362 (Tex. Dist. Ct. agreed order of dismissal Sept. 2015) + Colorado Springs Citizens for Community Rights v.  City of Colorado Springs, Colorado, No. 14CA1028 (Colo. Ct. App. opinion Aug. 2015) + Gorsline v. Board of Supervisors of Fairfield  Township, No. 1735 C.D. 2014 (Pa. Commw. Ct. opinion Sept. 2015) + State ex rel. Walker v. Husted, No. 2015-1371 (Ohio,  complaint for writ of mandamus filed Aug. 2015) (opinion Sept. 2015) + return to first page