MITCHELL v. SIMPSON

No. 3996.

493 P.2d 399 (1972)

M.J. MITCHELL, Appellant (Defendant below), Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (Defendant below), v. Eugene L. SIMPSON, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 2, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Schwartz, Casper, for appellant.

Burgess, Kennedy & Davis and Henry A. Burgess, Sheridan, for appellee.

William M. Sutton and Frederic C. Reed, Asst. Attys. Gen., Cheyenne, for amicus curiae, Wyoming Oil & Gas Conservation Comm.

Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn. Legal Committee and Morris G. Gray, Casper, for amicus curiae, Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn.

Before McINTYRE, C.J., and PARKER and McEWAN, JJ.


Mr. Justice PARKER delivered the opinion of the court.

Following a hearing before the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on defendant-Mitchell's application for an order pooling all interests for the development and operation of an established drilling unit Eugene L. Simpson filed a petition for review as permitted by Rule 72.1, W.R.C.P., and the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (§§ 9-276.19 — 9-276.33, W.S.

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