ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT LEGAL INSTITUTE v. EPEL

No. 14-1216.

793 F.3d 1169 (2015)

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT LEGAL INSTITUTE; Rod Lueck, Plaintiffs — Appellants, v. Joshua EPEL; James Tarpey; Pamela Patton, in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Defendants — Appellees, and Environment Colorado; Conservation Colorado Education Fund; Sierra Club; The Wilderness Society; Solar Energy Industries Association; Interwest Energy Alliance, Defendants Intervenors — Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Schnare of Free Market Environmental Law Clinic, Burke, VA ( Michael D. Pepson of Cause of Action, Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs) for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Will V. Allen , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, CO, for Defendants-Appellees.

John E. Putnam of Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Denver, CO, ( Neil Levine , Denver, CO; Michael S. Freeman and Michael A. Hiatt of Earthjustice, Denver, CO; and Erin Overturf of Western Resource Advocates, Boulder, CO, with him on the brief), for Defendants Intervenors-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, EBEL, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


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