CITY OF LONGMONT Colorado; Food and Water Watch; Sierra Club; Earthworks; and Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont, Petitioners
v.
COLORADO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and Top Operating Company, Respondents.
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Attorneys for Petitioners Food and Water Watch; Sierra Club; Earthworks; and Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont: University of Denver Environmental Law Clinic, Kevin Lynch , Brad Bartlett , Denver, Colorado.
Attorney for Petitioners Sierra Club and Earthworks: Eric Huber , Boulder, Colorado.
Attorneys for Respondent Colorado Oil and Gas Association: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Mark Mathews , Wayne F. Forman , Denver, Colorado, Beatty & Wozniak, P.C., Karen L. Spaulding , Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Respondent Top Operating Company: Zarlengo & Kimmell, PC, Thomas J. Kimmell , Denver, Colorado.
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Boulder, State of Colorado: Goldman, Robbins & Nicholson, P.C., Jeffery P. Robbins , Durango, Colorado.
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae City of Boulder: Office of the City Attorney, Thomas A. Carr , Boulder, Colorado.
Attorneys for Amici Curiae Colorado Concern, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Competitive Council, Colorado Motor Carriers Association, and Colorado Farm Bureau: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Jason R. Dunn , Denver, Colorado
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Municipal League: Colorado Municipal League, Geoffrey T. Wilson , Denver, Colorado
Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Mountain States Legal Foundation: Mountain States Legal Foundation, Steven J. Lechner , Jaimie Cavanaugh , Lakewood, Colorado
En Banc
JUSTICEGABRIEL delivered the Opinion of the Court.
¶ 1 Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, is a process used to stimulate oil and gas production from an existing well. See Patrick H. Martin & Bruce M. Kramer, The Law of Oil and Gas 14-15 (9th ed.2011). Viscous fluid containing a proppant such as sand is injected...
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