By Ben Apple -- Sept. 4, 2013 at 12:02pm There’s a battle over fracking in Pennsylvania—but it’s probably not the one you’ve heard about. For years now, the future of Pennsylvania’s fracking development has hung in the balance as seven municipalities remain locked in litigation with the Commonwealth over the constitutionality of Act 13, an oil and gas statute that radically … [Read more...] about Fracking, PA: The legal, the political, and the negotiable
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Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service
By Jonathan Thrope Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service (Minard Run II) presents a traditional story with a unique cast of characters. The common law has long established that within a single parcel of property, the surface and the minerals can be separately owned. Where property has been so divided into a “split estate,” the law presumes that the mineral … [Read more...] about Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service