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Below the Surface
Matt Rourke / AP
IS THERE A PLOT UNDERWAY TO UNDO A STATE SUPREME COURT DECISION AND STRIP SOME PENNSYLVANIANS OF LUCRATIVE MINERAL RIGHTS? That’s what the family at the center of the case believes.
The alleged plot starts with a unanimous opinion, issued by the high court last year, wrapping up a nearly 13-year legal battle between the Proctor Family Trust and the state Game Commission over who owns what lies underneath some 400 acres of state game land in Bradford County.
That precedent matters for the Proctors, who, alongside other families, are involved in active state and federal litigation over tens of thousands of acres of additional land facing ownership questions complicated by the history of extraction and speculation within the state’s northern tier.
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