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POWDER RIVER BASIN RES. COUNCIL v. WYOMING OIL & GAS CONS. COMMISSION

No. S-13-0120.

320 P.3d 222 (2014)

2014 WY 37

POWDER RIVER BASIN RESOURCE COUNCIL, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Earthworks, and Center for Effective Government (formerly OMB Watch), Appellants (Petitioners), v. WYOMING OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Appellee (Respondent), and Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Appellee (Intervenor).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: Timothy J. Preso and Laura D. Beaton * of Earthjustice, Bozeman, Montana; Shannon Anderson , Sheridan, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Preso.

Representing Appellee Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: Peter K. Michael , Interim Attorney General; Eric A. Easton , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Mr. Easton.

Representing Appellee Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.: Steven L. Leifer of Baker Botts L.L.P., Washington, D.C.; John A. Masterson and Alaina M. Stedillie of Lewis Roca Rothgerber, LLP, Casper, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Leifer.

Before KITE, C.J., and HILL, VOIGT, BURKE, and DAVIS, JJ.

DAVIS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellants Powder River Basin Resource Council, Wyoming Outdoor Council, Earthworks, and Center for Effective Government appeal from a district court order affirming the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (Commission) Supervisor's denial of a public records request. Recently-adopted regulations require companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing to disclose the chemical compounds used to the Commission. Appellants sought disclosure...

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