Bradford Era 3/26/2013
Excerpt:     “The federal government is stepping out of the appeal in the ongoing federal lawsuit regarding mineral rights on the Allegheny National Forest.

Late last week, attorney Robert Stockman with the U.S. Department of Justice submitted a letter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia indicating the federal defendants will not be filing a brief in the appeal, as did the Sierra Club and Allegheny Defense Project.   …..”
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Warren Times Observer 3/23/2013
Excerpt:         “The Allegheny Defense Project is trying to convince a federal appeals court not to throw the baby out with the bath water. In fact, the group would like most of the bath water back.

In a brief filed Monday, March 11, with the Third Circuit U.S. Appeals Court, attorney Marianne Dugan asked the court to overturn decisions made in that court and in federal district court with regard to an ongoing case primarily between oil and gas developers and the U.S. Forest Service.   ….”
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette 11/13/2012
Excerpt;       “Two environmental groups have filed notice they will appeal a September federal court ruling that said the U.S. Forest Service doesn’t have the authority to delay oil and gas drilling in the Allegheny National Forest until an environmental impact study is done.

The Allegheny Defense Project and Sierra Club notice of appeal was filed with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week in the 2009 case Minard Run Oil Co. et al v. U.S. Forest Service et al.     ….”

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Warren Times Observer; 9/8/2012
Excerpt:   “On Thursday, a federal District Court judge in Erie threw out an agreement between the U.S. Forest Service and three environmental groups which created an effective ban on drilling with the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) that lasted more than three years.

U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin granted a motion for summary judgment in the case to plaintiffs Minard Run Oil Company of Bradford, the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association (PIOGA), the Allegheny Forest Alliance (AFA) and Warren County vacating the 2008 agreement and converting his 2009 decision on the matter into a final judgment.   …”

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Pittsburgh Tribune Review 9/6/2012
Excerpt: “A federal judge in Erie on Thursday issued a final ruling favoring the oil and gas industry in its challenge of a drilling ban in the Allegheny National Forest but declined to grant the industry a permanent injunction.

The permanent injunction would be meaningless because the final ruling permanently voids the ban and the rest of a 2009 settlement between the U.S. Forest Service and two environmental groups, the U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin said in his ruling.  ….”

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Warren Times Observer 7/3/2012
Excerpt:   “ERIE – Oral arguments were heard Monday at federal court in Erie from both sides in the ongoing lawsuit over mineral and surface rights in the Allegheny National Forest.

The arguments covered cross motions filed by plaintiffs Minard Run Oil Co. and Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association (PIOGA) seeking a judgment and a permanent injunction, and by defendants Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, Sierra Club and Allegheny Defense Project seeking a summary judgment.       “

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