BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. v. COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMM. DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES

Civil Action Nos. 96-AP-2349, 96-AP-2352.

986 F.Supp. 1351 (1997)

BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, as successor to Meridian Oil, Inc., by name change, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff, v. COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, State of Colorado, a State Agency, Cedar Ridge, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company; Southern Ute Indian Tribe; Bruce Babbit, Secretary of the Interior, United States Department of Interior, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

December 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carleton L. Ekberg, Robert Douglas Buettner, Poulson, Odell & Peterson, LLC, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff/Petitioner.

Cynthia Lane McNeill, Attorney's General's Office, Natural Resources Unit, Lori J. Coulter, PC, Peter T. Moore, Michael J. Wozniak, Daniel Frederick Wolf, Clanahan, Tanner, Downing & Knowlton, P.C., Denver, CO, Thomas H. Shipps, Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, Durango, CO, Robert D. Clark, U.S. Attorney's Office, Civil Division, Denver, CO, for Defendants/Respondents.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, Senior District Judge.

Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company ("Burlington") sues the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ("COGCC"), Cedar Ridge, L.L.C.; the Southern Ute Indian Tribe (the "Tribe"); Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, and the United States Department of the Interior. The COGCC and Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") issued permits to Cedar Ridge for recompletion of two oil and gas wells located...

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