Consolidation Coal Co. v. Utah Division of State Lands & Forestry

ZIMMERMAN, Chief Justice:

Consolidation Coal Company and Pittsburgh & Midway Coal Mining Company (collectively “Consol”) appeal, and the Utah Division of State Lands and Forestry, the Utah Board of State Lands and Forestry, the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and various individual defendants employed by the State of Utah (collectively the “State”) cross-appeal, a decision of the Seventh Judicial District Court of Emery County. This case involves the proper interpretation of the royalty provision in a coal lease entered into between the State and Consol and the amount of royalties and…