Briefing Finished In Pa.'s Bid to Dismiss Marcellus Environmental Group's Suit

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Both sides have submitted briefs on state authorities' motion to dismiss a lawsuit over the collection of information of an environmental Marcellus shale coalition, with counsel for Pennsylvania's attorney general objecting to the length of the coalition's response brief and arguing that constitutional claims have essentially been dropped. Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition v. Powers, et al., No. 1:10-cv-01997-WWC (M.D. Pa.).

Counsel for the director of Pennsylvania's Office of Homeland Security and the private Institute of Terrorism Research and Response Foundation submitted their replies on Aug. 17, repeating arguments that the defamation lawsuit by the Gas Drilling Awareness …