Legal Opinion
City of Fort Collins v. Colorado Oil & Gas Ass'n
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 2, 2016No. Supreme Court Case No. 15SC668PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabriel
[ 1 This case comes to us on review of the Larimer County District Court's order invalidating the city of Fort Colling's-five-year moratorium on fracking and the storage of fracking waste within the city. As in City of Longmont v. Colorado Oil and Gas Association, 2016 CO 29, 369 P.3d 573, which we also decide today and which invalidated the city of Longmont's bans on fracking and the storage and disposal of fracking waste, this case presents us with the narrow question of whether state law preempts Fort Collins's fracking moratorium.
1 2 We conclude that because fracking is a matter of mixed…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Churchey v. Adolph Coors Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Coastal Oil & Gas Corp. v. Garza Energy TrustTexas Supreme Court · 2008
- Bebo Construction Co. v. Mattox & O'Brien, P.C.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1999
- Board of County Commissioners v. Bowen/Edwards Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1992
- Blue Sky Entertainment, Inc. v. Town of GardinerDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1989
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3Cited by3 opinions
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