Landowners groups file motions to halt Supreme Court's re-hearing of Chesapeake royalties case

A high-profile court case involving Chesapeake Energy Corp. is heating up after two landowner groups filed a brief asking the Supreme Court of Texas to deny the company's request to rehear the case. The Oklahoma City-based energy company lost the Hyder v. Chesapeake case in June but has asked for the case to be reheard. Both the Texas Land and Mineral Owners Association and the National Association of Royalty Owners-Texas Inc. have now come out against the court rehearing the high-profile royalties…