PAWNEE WELL USERS, INC.; The Harmony Ditch Company; City of Boulder; Centennial Water and Sanitation District; Natural Soda, Inc.; Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District; City of Sterling; William S. Vance, Jr.; Elizabeth S. Vance; James G. Fitzgerald; Mary Theresa Fitzgerald; San Juan Citizen's Alliance; Oil and Gas Accountability Project; Vista Pacifica, LLC; Dale Bell; Simon Land & Cattle Co.; James Benesch; Diane Benesch; Mike Meschke; LLH Operations, LLLP; Sheryl Cantalano; and Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability, Plaintiffs-Appellees and
David C. Black; Lallie Lee Black; Margaret Kral; Bruce Baizel; Lucy Baizel; Jim Jefferson; Big Stick Ditch Company; Colonel Alfred Wagstaff & Associates, LLC; and Huntington Ranches, LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Intervenors
v.
Dick WOLFE, in his capacity as State Engineer, Defendant-Appellant and
Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Defendant-Appellant-Intervenor and
BP America Production Company; XTO Energy Inc.; ConocoPhillips Company; Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and its Affiliates Chevron Midcontinent, L.P. and Four Star Oil & Gas Company; Samson Resources Company; Energen Resources Corporation; Colorado Oil and Gas Association; and Colorado Petroleum Association, Defendants-Appellants-Intervenors and
El Paso E & P Company, L.P.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; EOG Resources, Inc.; K.P. Kauffman Company, Inc.; Petroleum Development Corporation; EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.; Noble Energy, Inc.; Diamond Operating, Inc.; Gunnison Energy Corporation; and Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-Intervenors.
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November 25, 2013.
November 25, 2013.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
White & Jankowski, LLP, Sarah A. Klahn , Alan E. Curtis , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellees William S. Vance, Jr., Elizabeth S. Vance, James G. Fitzgerald, Mary Theresa Fitzgerald, San Juan Citizen's Alliance, and the Oil and Gas Accountability Project.
John W. Suthers , Attorney General, John Cyran , First Assistant Attorney General, Nathan Rand , Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant Dick Wolfe, State Engineer.
McElroy, Meyer, Walker & Condon, P.C., Scott B. McElroy , M. Catherine Condon , Boulder, Colorado, Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, LLP, Adam T. Reeves , Durango, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant-Intervenor Southern Ute Indian Tribe.
Holland & Hart LLP, Christopher L. Thorne , William H. Caile , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants-Intervenors XTO Energy Inc. and ConocoPhillips Company.
Poulson Odell & Peterson LLC, Scott M. Campbell , Nick A. Swartzendruber , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants-Intervenors Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and its Affiliates, Chevron Midcontinent, L.P., and Four Star Oil & Gas Company.
Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., Kenneth A. Wonstolen , Karen L. Spaulding , Benjamin H. Kass , Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants-Intervenors Samson Resources Company, Energen Resources Corporation, and Colorado Oil and Gas Association.
John Paul Seman, Jr. , Denver, Colorado, Attorney for Defendant-Appellant-Intervenor Colorado Petroleum Association.
No appearance on behalf of: Pawnee Well Users, Inc.; The Harmony Ditch Company; City of Boulder; Centennial Water and Sanitation District; Natural Soda, Inc.; Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District; City of Sterling; Vista Pacifica, LLC; Dale Bell; Simon Land & Cattle Co.; James Benesch; Diane Benesch; Mike Meschke; LLH Operations, LLLP; Sheryl Cantalano; Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability; David C. Black; Lallie Lee Black; Margaret Kral; Bruce Baizel; Lucy Baizel; Jim Jefferson; Big Stick Ditch Company; Colonel Alfred Wagstaff & Associates, LLC; Huntington Ranches, LLC; El Paso E & P Company, L.P.; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; EOG Resources, Inc.; K.P. Kauffman Company, Inc.; Petroleum Development Corporation; EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.; Noble Energy, Inc.; Diamond Operating, Inc.; Gunnison Energy Corporation; and Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.
En Banc
Supreme Court of Colorado.
JUSTICE EID delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 This is a direct appeal from a final judgment issued in District Court, Water Division 1, which voided a rule promulgated by the Office of the State Engineer ("State Engineer") regarding nontributary ground water extracted in the course of coalbed methane ("CBM") production and other oil and gas development in Colorado.
¶ 2 Historically, the State Engineer did not require permits for ground water...
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