ELNA SEFCOVIC, LLC v. TEP ROCKY MOUNTAIN, LLC

No. 19-1121.

953 F.3d 660 (2020)

ELNA SEFCOVIC, LLC; White River Royalties, LLC; Juhan, LP; Roy Royalty, Inc., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TEP ROCKY MOUNTAIN, LLC, Defendant-Appellee. Charles Dean Gonzales; Susannah Gonzales; Ted L. Vaughan; Hilda Vaughan, Objectors, Ivo Lindauer; Sidney Lindauer; Ruth Lindauer; Diamond Minerals, Intervenors-Appellants, and The Law Offices of George A. Barton, PC, Movant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED March 18, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Seely , Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., Wichita, Kansas ( Thomas D. Kitch , Gregory J. Stucky , Ryan K. Meyer , Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., Wichita, Kansas; George Robert Miller , G. R. Miller, P.C., Durango, Colorado; and Nathan A. Keever , Dufford, Waldeck, Milburn & Krohn, LLP, Grand Junction, Colorado, with him on the briefs) for Intervenors-Appellants.

Christopher A. Chrisman , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado ( John F. Shepherd , P.C., Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, Colorado; George A. Barton and Stacy A. Burrows , Law Offices of George A. Barton, P.C., Overland Park, Kansas, with him on the brief), for Appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, McHUGH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


This appeal arises out of a class action contract dispute. Appellants intervened in the district court, seeking to dismiss the action for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. Through two separate motions to dismiss, the briefing from both parties confused the bounds of federal subject matter jurisdiction and conflated...

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