BILL BARRETT CORP. v. LEMBKE

Supreme Court Case No. 18SC760.

474 P.3d 46 (2020)

2020 CO 73

BILL BARRETT CORPORATION; Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.; and Noble Energy, Inc., Petitioners, v. Robert LEMBKE, 70 Ranch LLC, South Beebe Draw Metropolitan District f/k/a Bromley Park Metropolitan District No. 1, and United Water and Sanitation District, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorneys for Petitioners Bill Barrett Corporation and Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.: Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, R. Kirk Mueller , Emily Wasserman , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Petitioner Noble Energy, Inc.: Hogan Lovells US LLP, Elizabeth H. Titus , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondents Robert Lembke and 70 Ranch LLC: Hamre, Rodriguez, Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., Donald M. Ostrander , Richard F. Rodriguez , Paul C. Rufien , Joel M. Spector , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent South Beebe Draw Metropolitan District: Brown Dunning Walker PC, Douglas W. Brown , David C. Walker , Drew P. Fein , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Respondent United Water and Sanitation District: Hamre, Rodriguez, Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., Donald M. Ostrander , Richard F. Rodriguez , Paul C. Rufien , Joel M. Spector , Denver, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Colorado Alliance of Mineral and Royalty Owners: Visani Bargell LLC, Cynthia L. Bargell , Dillon, Colorado.

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Special District Association of Colorado: Butler Snow LLP, Martina Hinojosa , Dee Wisor , Denver, Colorado.

En Banc.


¶1 In 2015, the owners of a 13,000-acre tract of land known as 70 Ranch successfully petitioned to include their tract in a special district. After 70 Ranch was incorporated into the district, the district began taxing the leaseholders of subsurface mineral rights— Bill Barrett Corporation...

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