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What's the dealio here? Who owns the properties involved, and how did they acquire the properties?

If the fracking company owns all the land that the person is expelled from, that's fine... so long as it doesn't conflict with the contracts that the company signed with the leasers on its property.

If the fracking company DOESN'T own the land that the person is expelled from, that's not fine... unless the fracking company has convinced the other property owners to go along with the expulsion.

If the fracking company DOES own the land, but that land was acquired through eminent domain, or some other state-powered land grab, we hit a #blurredline because although it is the fracking company's property, they didn't acquire it through legitimate means.