FORT COLLINS v. COLO. OIL AND GAS ASSN.

Supreme Court Case No. 15SC668.

369 P.3d 586 (2016)

2016 CO 28

CITY OF FORT COLLINS, Petitioner v. COLORADO OIL and Gas Association, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

May 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioner: Sullivan Green Seavy, LLC, Barbara J.B. Green , John T. Sullivan , Boulder, Colorado, Fort Collins City Attorney's Office, Carrie M. Daggett , John R. Duval , Fort Collins, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Mark Mathews , Wayne F. Forman , Justin L. Cohen , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae American Petroleum Institute: Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, Richard C. Kaufman , Allison P. Altaras , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Board of County Commissioners of the County of Boulder, State of Colorado: Goldman, Robbins & Nicholson, P.C., Jeffery P. Robbins , Durango, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Citizens for a Healthy Fort Collins, Sierra Club, and Earthworks: University of Denver Environmental Law Clinic, Kevin Lynch , Brad Bartlett , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Boulder: Office of the City Attorney, Thomas A. Carr , City Attorney, Boulder, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Concern, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Competitive Council, Colorado Motor Carriers Association, and Colorado Farm Bureau: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Jason R. Dunn , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League: Colorado Municipal League, Geoffrey T. Wilson , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Conservation Colorado: Earthjustice, Michael Freeman , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae National Association of Royalty Owners Colorado Chapter: Lindquist & Vennum LLP, Thomas W. Niebrugge , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Northwest Colorado Council of Governments: Northwest Colorado Council of Governments, Torie Jarvis , Silverthorne, Colorado.

Attorney for Amicus Curiae Congressman Jared Polis: Courtney J. Krause , Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶ 1 This case comes to us on review of the Larimer County District Court's order invalidating the city of Fort Collins's five-year moratorium on fracking and the storage of fracking waste within the city. As in City of Longmont v. Colorado Oil and Gas Association, 2016 CO 29,

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