Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee v. Colorado
ELR Citation: 50 ELR 20066 No(s). 19-cv-00190-RBJ (D. Colo. Mar 18, 2020) (Jackson, J.)
A district court dismissed constitutional challenges to Colorado's forced pooling statute, under which property owners were required to allow oil and gas companies to extract their minerals. A group of property owners argued the statute violated the First Amendment by requiring non-consenting owners...