The Stow Sentry has a good summary of the status of the Beck Energy appeal involving the state's sole and exclusive authority to regulate oil and gas production operations in Ohio: "A number of entities filed friend of the court briefs in the Ohio Supreme Court on Oct. 28 in support of Ravenna-based Beck Energy. *** These include a brief from Ohio Attorney General Michael DeWine, signed by State Solicitor Eric E. Murphy. *** Other briefs were filed by the Ohio Contractor's Association, the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, the Ohio Aggregates Association, the American Petroleum Institute, the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce, and eight companies identifying themselves as 'active oil and gas producers engaged in the development of the Utica Shale in Ohio.'"