A collection of primary source documents in the field of shale law
I.Litigation
A.Citizen Suits
1. Complaints
Envt’l Integrity Project et al. v. McCarthy, No. 1:16-cv-00842 (D.D.C. filed May 4, 2016)
B. Local Government Regulation
1. Ordinances
a. Colorado
City of Lafayette, Colorado, Climate Bill of Rights and Protections
b. Pennsylvania
2010 Pittsburgh Fracking Ordinance
2. Court Decisions
a. California
b. Colorado
City of Fort Collins v. Colorado Oil & Gas Assoc., No. 2016 CO 28 (Colo. May 2, 2016)
City of Longmont v. Colorado Oil & Gas Assoc., No. 2016 Co 29 (Colo. May 2, 2016)
c. New York
Anschutz Exploration Corp. v. Town of Dryden, No. 2011-0902 (N.Y. Sup Ct. Nov. 4, 2011)
Norse Energy Corp. v. Town of Dryden, No. 515227 (N.Y. App. Div. May 2, 2013)
d. Ohio
State ex rel. Morrison v. Beck Energy Corp., No. 2015-Ohio-485 (Feb. 17, 2015)
State ex rel. Flak v. Betras, No. 2017-Ohio-8109 (Oct. 6, 2017)
e. Pennsylvania
f. West Virginia
Northeast Natural Energy v. City of Morgantown, No. 11-C-411 (W. Va. Cir. Ct. Aug. 12, 2011)
EQT Prod. Corp. v. Wender et al., No. 2:16-cv-00290 (S.D.W. Va. June 10, 2016)
EQT Prod. Corp. v. Wender et al., No. 16-1938 (4th Cir. Aug. 30, 2017)
State ex rel. ERP v. McGraw (W. Va. Oct. 5, 2017)
C. General Litigation
A. New York
Morabito v. State of New York, No. 6:17-cv-6853 (W.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 12, 2017)
B. Pennsylvania
Commonwealth v. Chesapeake Energy Corp. et al., No. 2015IR0069 (Pa. Ct. Comm. Pl. Dec. 15, 2017)
II. Regulatory
In re Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. (Pa. Dept. Env. Prot. Jan. 3, 2018)
III. Transactional
A. Press Releases
May 2, 2016, EQT to Acquire 62,500 Core Marcellus Acres for $407 Million
Joseph Schaeffer 