Landowners dig in, sue over shale leases.

The article discusses the lawsuit filed by Columbiana County, Ohio landowners against Chesapeake Energy Corp. claiming that the company enriched itself by failing to compensate them properly for the rights they signed away under their property. The suit notes that landowner signed, leases between 2008 and 2010 before the value of Utica shale resources was known. A separate lawsuit was also filed by Chesapeake to landowners for attempting to get out of their leases and sell them to other bidder.