Legal Opinion

Btu W. Res., Inc. v. Berenergy Corp.

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided May 28, 2019No. S-18-0203, S-18-0204PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRAY, Justice.

[¶1] This dispute, over priority of rights between mineral developers in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, is before the Court a second time. Berenergy owns rights to both federal and private oil and gas. Peabody holds federal coal leases, and these minerals overlap. Berenergy Corp. v. BTU Western Resources, Inc. , 2018 WY 2, ¶¶ 38-42, 408 P.3d 396, 404 (Wyo. 2018) ( Berenergy I ). In Berenergy I , we determined the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was a necessary party to the proceedings dealing with competing federal leases. We remanded…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Vaughn v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Byerly v. MadsenCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1985
  3. Chartiers Block Coal Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
  4. England v. SimmonsWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Reno Livestock Corp. v. Sun Oil Co.(Delaware)Wyoming Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  5. Johnson County Ranch Improvement 1, Llc, a Wyoming Limited Liability Company and Sand Creek Ranch Preservation Association, Inc., a Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation v. Greg L. Goddard Luke Andrew Goddard Marcia Goddard and Goddard Ranch, Llc, a Wyoming Limited Liability CompanyWyoming Supreme Court · 2020

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