Legal Opinion

Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. v. Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Department of Natural Resources

District Court, D. Colorado

Decided December 10, 1997No. 1:96-cv-02349PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, Senior District Judge.

Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company (“Burlington”) sues the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“COGCC”), Cedar Ridge, L.L.C.; the Southern Ute Indian Tribe (the “Tribe”); Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, and the United States Department of the Interior. The COGCC and Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) issued permits to Cedar Ridge for recompletion of two oil and gas wells located under land owned by the United States of America in trust for the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.

Burlington is a successor lessee of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

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  2. Wujick v. Dale & Dale, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
  3. Lyon v. Amoco Production Co.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. Charrier v. BellDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1982
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