State v. BHP Petroleum Co., Inc.

OPINION

Before URBIGKIT, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ. MACY, Justice.

Appellants State of Wyoming and Howard M. Schrinar, State Commissioner of Public Lands, (the State, collectively) appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Appellee BHP Petroleum Company, Inc., declaring that BHP did not owe interest to the State on underpaid gas royalties which were due to the State.

We affirm.

The State raises the following issue:

[Is the State] entitled, as a matter of law, to interest before the effective date of W.S. 30-5-301 et seq. for late royalty payments made by [BHP]?

The parties…