ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20225
No(s). 14CV30092 (Colo. Dist. Ct. Sep 25, 2014)

A Colorado court held that a voter-approved local ban on hydraulic fracturing cannot apply retroactively to ban oil and gas operations that a city approved in a prior agreement. The city entered into a memorandum of understanding in August 2013 allowing a company to engage oil and gas exploration an...