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Plaintiffs oppose consolidation of Chesapeake lawsuits
2015-03-05 01:11:16| Railroads - Topix.net
Chesapeake Energy is being accused of doing an "about-face" in its attempt to lump together more than 100 lawsuits alleging that it cheated royalty owners in the Barnett Shale out of millions of dollars. Attorneys representing a myriad of clients including the city of Fort Worth, Tarrant County College and Union Pacific Railroad filed arguments in Austin this week against granting the cases multidistrict litigation status, which would consolidate the cases for pre-trial arguments.
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