BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, a foreign corporation; and Marathon Oil Company, a foreign corporation, Appellants (Defendants),
v.
Larry MADSEN as Special Trustee of the H.M. Klaenhammer Revocable Trust Dated May 9, 1996, Successor to H.M. Klaenhammer; and Robert W. Scott, Individually and as Managing Member of R.W. Scott Investments, LLC, Suing on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Similarly Situated Royalty Owners, Appellees (Plaintiffs).
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September 19, 2002.
September 19, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Frank D. Neville, Richard E. Day and Scott W. Skavdahl of Williams, Porter, Day & Neville, P.C., Casper, Wyoming; Kirby J. Iler of Marathon Oil Company, Cody, Wyoming; Michael Homeyer of BP Amoco Corporation, Houston Texas; Harrell Feldt and Richard H. Page of Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Houston, Texas; and Sheryl L. Hopkins of Vinson & Elkins, LLP, Dallas, Texas, Representing Appellants.
J. Nicholas Murdock, Cody L. Balzer, Mark L. Carman and Scott J. Olheiser of Balzer Carman Murdock, P.C., Casper, Wyoming; Robert P. Schuster and Gary L. Shockey of Spence, Moriarity & Schuster, LLC, Jackson, Wyoming; Charles Carpenter, Denver, Colorado; and Samuel Issacharoff, New York, New York, Representing Appellees.
Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, and VOIGT, JJ., and KALOKATHIS, D.J.
Supreme Court of Wyoming.
VOIGT, Justice.
[¶ 1] The Third Judicial District Court has presented two certified questions concerning the jurisdictional provision contained in the Wyoming Royalty Payment Act (the WRPA), which is found at Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 30-5-303(b) (LexisNexis 2001). We conclude that the WRPA does not confer exclusive jurisdiction over claims brought under it in the district court for the county in which a particular well...
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