ENTEK GRB, LLC v. STULL RANCHES, LLC

No. 13-1172.

763 F.3d 1252 (2014)

ENTEK GRB, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STULL RANCHES, LLC, Defendant-Appellee. Western Energy Alliance, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 14, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucy H. Deakins ( L. Poe Leggette with her on the briefs), of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Dudley W. Von Holt ( Bruce D. Ryder and James M. Cox with him on the briefs), of Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

William E. Sparks and Bret A. Sumner , of Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae Western Energy Alliance.

Before GORSUCH, BALDOCK, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

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