153458P.pdf   05/22/2017  Dale Stroud  v.  Southwestern Energy Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3458
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Wollman and Smith, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - diversity. District court did not abuse its discretion in 
   limiting scope of discovery during Phase 1 discovery, but excluding expert 
   opinion regarding the likely spread of waste water flow beneath the 
   Strouds' property was an abuse of discretion, as the methodology, though 
   not perfect, was scientifically reliable enough to assist the trier of 
   fact. The grant of summary judgment to Southwestern Energy Company is 
   reversed, as the evidence, even without the excluded expert opinion, 
   created a genuine issue of material facts, as evidence was presented that 
   could support a reasonable inference that the fracking waste migrated 
   across their property line considering 7.6 million barrels of waste poured 
   into an area capable of holding no more than 1.1 million barrels.