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ELLIOTT INDUSTRIES LTD. PART. v. BP AMERICA PROD.

Nos. 04-2006, 04-2014.

407 F.3d 1091 (2005)

ELLIOTT INDUSTRIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a New Mexico limited partnership, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, and BP Energy Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and ConocoPhillips Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. Laura Dichter; Romero Family Limited Partnership, J. Glen Turner, Intervenors. Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Amicus Curiae. Elliott Industries Limited Partnership, a New Mexico limited partnership, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. BP America Production Company, a Delaware corporation, and BP Energy Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and Conocophillips Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. Laura Dichter; Romero Family Limited Partnership, J. Glenn Turner, Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry C. Kiernan, Eaves, Bardacke, Baugh, Kierst & Larson, P.A., Albuquerque, NM (John M. Eaves, Paul Bardacke, Derek V. Larson, Eaves, Bardacke, Baugh, Kierst & Larson, P.A., Albuquerque, NM; Mary E. Walta, White, Koch, Kelly & McCarthy, P.A., Santa Fe, NM; William E. Snead, Law Offices of William E. Snead, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant and Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee.

Scott S. Barker, Holland & Hart, LLP, Denver, CO (Marcy G. Glenn, Holland & Hart, LLP, Denver, CO; Arnold R. Thomas, Holland & Hart, LLP, Greenwood Village, CO, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellees.

Michael B. Campbell, Michael H. Feldewert, Tanya M. Trujillo, Holland & Hart, LLP, Santa Fe, NM, on the briefs for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee.

Michael J. Condon (J.E. Gallegos, with him on the briefs), Gallegos Law Firm, P.C., Santa Fe, NM, for Intervenors and Intervenors-Appellants.

Patricia A. Madrid, Attorney General, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, filed an amicus curiae brief for the Attorney General for the State of New Mexico.

Before SEYMOUR, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves the payment of royalties on oil and gas leases. Plaintiff-appellant Elliott Industries Limited Partnership, as an individual and as class representative, is appealing the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-appellees ConocoPhillips Company, BP America Production Company, and BP Energy Company. A group of third-party litigants, Laura Dichter, Romero Family Limited Partnership...

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