River Springs Limited Liability Company v. COUNTY COM'RS OF TETON

THOMAS, Justice.

These consolidated cases require us to revisit the definition of minerals in the context of the language in Wyo.Stat. § 18-5-201 (1977), which limits the zoning authority of a board of county commissioners so it cannot “prevent any use or occupancy reasonably necessary to the extraction or production of the mineral resources in or under any lands subject thereto.” The cases come before us by virtue of questions certified to this court pursuant to Wyo.R.App.P. 11 from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District in and for Teton County, which we agreed to answer. The…