LYON v. AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.

No. 94CA1296.

923 P.2d 350 (1996)

Laurel E. LYON, Gerald J. Mestas, Susie M. Mestas, Jose G. Martinez, Alberta L. Martinez, Michael D. Haneman, Patricia A. Haneman, George E. Zollinger, James T. Burton, and Esther M. Burton, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Arco Oil and Gas Company, Emerald Gas Operating Company, Fuel Resources Development Company, d/b/a FuelCo Inc., Meridian Oil Production, Inc., Northwest Pipeline Corporation, and Texaco Exploration and Production, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. V.

Rehearing Denied June 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Branch Law Firm, Turner W. Branch, Daniel R. Swiss, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wittman & McCord, Edward M. McCord, Colorado Springs, for Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Holland & Hart, Scott S. Barker, Perry L. Glantz, Denver, Amoco Corporation, Bradley S. McKim, Denver, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Amoco Production Company.

Dugan & Associates, Thomas P. Dugan, Durango, Gardere & Wynne, J. Randall Miller, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Arco Oil and Gas Company.

Baker & Hostetler, Gregory S. Brown, Mark D. Flink, Michael J. Roche, Denver, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Emerald Gas Operating Company.

Lindquist, Vennum & Christensen, Shaun A. Christensen, Harold G. Morris, Jr., Denver, Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., David L. Sasseville, Richard M. Ihrig, William E. Flynn, Sarah D. Halvorson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Fuel Resources Development Company, d/b/a FuelCo, Inc.

Holme Roberts & Owen LLC, Maria J. Williams, Linnea Brown, Denver, Shand & Newbold, P.C., Michael Chapman, Durango, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Meridian Oil Production, Inc.

Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Teresa Silcox, Salt Lake City, Utah; Rodey, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Robb, Rex D. Throckmorton, Mary P. Keleher, Charles K. Purcell, Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Northwest Pipeline Corporation.

Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc., A. Randall Farnsworth, Joel A. Hubscher, Denver, Duthie & Tate, Harry G. Tate, Paul W. Whistler, Durango, King & Spalding, George S. Branch, J. Kevin Buster, Sean R. Smith, Atlanta, Georgia, for Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant Texaco Exploration and Production.

Maynes Bradford Shipps & Sheftel, Thomas H. Shipps, Durango, for Amicus Curiae Southern Ute Indian Tribe.


Opinion by Judge ROTHENBERG.

In this action premised on allegations that certain gas wells and drilling operations have caused air, water, and soil contamination, plaintiffs, consisting of affected surface land owners, appeal three orders entered by the trial court in favor of defendant oil companies. In the first order the court granted the joint motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to C.R.C.P. 12(b)(1) filed by defendants Texaco Exploration...

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