ENRON OIL AND GAS v. STATE, DNR

No. 910057.

871 P.2d 508 (1994)

ENRON OIL AND GAS COMPANY, Successor to Belco Petroleum Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. STATE of Utah, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF STATE LANDS AND FORESTRY, and the Director of State Lands, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

Rehearing Denied April 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Van Dam, Atty. Gen., for State Lands and Forestry, State of Utah, amicus Utah State Tax Comm'n, Dept. of Natural Resources, Director of State Lands, and amicus Utah State Bd. of Educ.

Steven F. Alder, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Dept. of Natural Resources, State Lands and Forestry, and State of Utah.

Gale K. Francis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for amicus Utah State Tax Comm'n.

J. Gary McCallister, Salt Lake City, for amicus Utah State Bd. of Educ.

A. John Davis, III, Dante L. Zarlengo, Salt Lake City, for Enron Oil & Gas.

Phillip William Lear, Salt Lake City, for amicus ANR Production Co., amicus Coastal Oil & Gas Corp., amicus CIG Exploration, Inc.


STEWART, Associate Chief Justice:

Enron Oil and Gas Company produces and sells gas from school trust lands that it leases from the state. Enron appeals from a district court decision granting summary judgment to the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Lands. The summary judgment affirmed the Division's assessment of royalties on ad valorem tax reimbursements paid to Enron by Mountain Fuel Supply Co. and Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) pursuant to...

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