Companies Accused Of Marcellus Shale Royalty Scheme Seek Affirmance Of Dismissal

( August 31, 2026, 10:14 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — A federal court in Pennsylvania correctly dismissed with prejudice claims by oil and gas lessors alleging they were defrauded of their royalties after the lessors were given two opportunities to amend their claims alleging an anticompetitive scheme to develop natural gas wells and gathering systems in and around the Marcellus Shale and failed to state viable claims, oil and gas companies argue in three appellee briefs filed in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....