Longmont voters instituted a ban on hydraulic fracturing in 2012, an industry group and a state agency sued the city. A district court found with against the city and Longmont is now appealing the decision.
Longmont voters instituted a ban on hydraulic fracturing in 2012, an industry group and a state agency sued the city. A district court found with against the city and Longmont is now appealing the decision.
Longmont voters instituted a ban on hydraulic fracturing in 2012, an industry group and a state agency sued the city. A district court found with against the city and Longmont is now appealing the decision.
2 East 14th Avenue Denver, CO 80203 Boulder County 2013CV63 Plaintiff-Appellee:
Court of Appeals Case
Number: 2014CA1759
Colorado Oil & Gas Association,
v. Defendant-Appellant: City Of Longmont Colorado, and Intervenors-Appellants: Our Health Our Future Our Longmont, Food And Water Watch, Earthworks, and The Sierra Club, and Intervenor-Appellee: Top Operating Company, Appellee: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. ORDER OF COURT
Upon consideration of the motions for leave to participate as amici curiae
pursuant to C.A.R. 29 in support of appellee, the Court GRANTS the motions and ACCEPTS the amicus brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation and the amici brief filed on behalf of Colorado Concern, Colorado Competitive Council, Denver
Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Motor Carriers Association, and Colorado
Farm Bureau. The reply briefs remain due on April 9, 2015. BY THE COURT Loeb, C.J.