EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. v. Miller

Opinion by

JUDGE FOX

¶ 1 A certified class of Colorado oil and gas royalty owners (the Class) and EnCana Oil & Gas (USA), Inc. (EnCana), were involved in litigation beginning in 2005 over EnCana’s alleged underpayment of royalties on natural gas it produced. In 2008, EnCana and the Class entered into a settlement agreement that detailed the payment of funds to settle past claims, established the methodology En-Cana would use for future royalty payments, and included an arbitration clause. The district court’s final judgment approved and incorporated the settlement agreement, dismissed the 2005…