Ryan Harvey, Rocks Off, Inc. v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah

Justice Durham authored the opinion of the Court in which Judge Toomey joined.

Associate Chief Justice Lee authored a dissenting opinion with respect to Part IV of the majority opinion, in which Chief Justice Durrant joined.

Having recused himself, Justice Pearce does not participate herein; Court of Appeals Judge Kate Toomey sat.

On Direct Appeal

Justice Durham, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶1 The oil and gas industry is a major economic force in the Uintah Basin. This *409industry relies, to some extent, on access to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe. The plaintiffs…