OBORNE v. COUNTY COM'RS OF DOUGLAS CTY.

No. 85CA1237.

764 P.2d 397 (1988)

Harry W. OBORNE and Anthony J. Allegretti, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colorado, Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Certiorari Pending February 24, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald D. Sjaastad, Colorado Springs, for plaintiffs-appellees.

James K. Kreutz and Associates, James K. Kreutz, Daniel J. Torpy, Englewood, for defendant-appellant.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Adonis A. Neblett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Comn.


Certiorari Pending February 24, 1989 (89 S.C. 67).

CRISWELL, Judge.

This appeal by the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County (Board) from the judgment of the district court reversing the Board's denial of plaintiffs' application for a permit to drill an exploratory oil well requires us to consider the extent to which the Oil and Gas Conservation Act, § 34-60-101, et seq., C.R.S. (1984 Repl.Vol. 14), limits a county's authority to regulate the...

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