| Docket Information |
| Filing Date | Document Description | Docket Entry Type | Docket Entry Subtype | Status | |
| 11/17/2016 | Event - Docketed and indexed | Event | Docketed and indexed | Final | |
| 11/17/2016 | Notice-Incoming - Record completion notice from district court | Notice-Incoming | Record completion notice from district court | Final | |
| 11/17/2016 | Fees - Docket fee received | Fees | Docket fee received | Final | |
| 11/17/2016 | Notice-Outgoing - Docketing letter | Notice-Outgoing | Docketing letter | Final | |
| 11/17/2016 | Notice-Outgoing - E-filing requirement and service of orders to William L. Simpson | Notice-Outgoing | E-filing requirement | Final | |
| 12/02/2016 | Motion - Extension of time - brief | Motion | Extension of time - brief | Final | |
| 12/05/2016 | Event - Hardcopy received - Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant's Opening Brief | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 12/05/2016 | Order - Grant - extension of time | Order | Grant - extension of time | Final | |
| 01/06/2017 | Motion - Extension of time - other | Motion | Extension of time - other | Final | |
| 01/09/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Amended index from Clerk of the District Court | Notice-Incoming | Amended index | Final | |
| 01/09/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Second Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant's Opening Brief; and received proposed order | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 01/09/2017 | Order - Grant - extension of time | Order | Grant - extension of time | Final | |
| 01/30/2017 | Motion - Extension of time - brief | Motion | Extension of time - brief | Final | |
| 01/31/2017 | Order - Grant - extension of time (no further extensions will be considered) | Order | Grant - extension of time | Final | |
| 02/02/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Third Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant's Opening Brief | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 02/15/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance - Jackie Shields obo Appellant | Notice-Incoming | Entry of appearance | Final | |
| 02/15/2017 | Motion - Admission pro hac vice | Motion | Admission pro hac vice | Final | |
| 02/16/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Entry of Appearance | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 02/16/2017 | Brief - Appellant | Brief | Appellant | Final | |
| 02/16/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Statement of costs | Notice-Incoming | Statement of costs | Final | |
| 02/21/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Appellant's Designation of record | Notice-Incoming | Designation of record | Final | |
| 02/21/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Brief of Appellant; Appellant's Statement of Costs; and Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Neal S. Cohen | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 02/21/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Neal S. Cohen | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 02/21/2017 | Event - Phone Call to Patrick Murphy's office, requested original Certificate of Compliance | Event | Phone Call | Final | |
| 02/21/2017 | Order - Pro hac vice - Neal S. Cohen admitted to practice | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
| 02/23/2017 | Received original Certificate of Compliance with Rule 8 re: Neal S. Cohen | Event | Received Original Signature Page(s) | Final | |
| 04/04/2017 | Brief - Appellee | Brief | Appellee | Final | |
| 04/10/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Brief of Appellee | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 04/10/2017 | Order - Oral argument scheduled | Order | Oral argument scheduled | Final | |
| 04/17/2017 | Motion - Oral argument - vacate (Stipulated) | Motion | Oral argument - vacate | Final | |
| 04/20/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Stipulated Motion to Vacate May 16, 2017 Oral Arguments | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 04/21/2017 | Order - Vacating setting for oral argument | Order | Vacating setting for oral argument | Final | |
| 04/25/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - Request for transmitted record on appeal | Notice-Outgoing | Request for transmitted record on appeal | Final | |
| 04/28/2017 | Motion - Admission pro hac vice | Motion | Admission pro hac vice | Final | |
| 05/01/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Motion for admission pro hac vice | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 05/01/2017 | Order - Pro hac vice - allow - A. Clifford Edwards o/b/o appellant | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
| 05/03/2017 | Record - Transmitted record on appeal from district court clerk, four volumes. Volumes 1-4, Original Papers. | Record | Transmitted record on appeal | Final | |
| 05/03/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - Transmitted record on appeal filed | Notice-Outgoing | Transmitted record on appeal filed | Final | |
| 05/12/2017 | Order - Oral argument scheduled | Order | Oral argument scheduled | Final | |
| 05/17/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Patrick J. Murphy obo Appellee (Neal Cohen will present the oral argument) | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 05/25/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Neal S. Cohen obo Peak Powder River Resources, LLC | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 05/26/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from Jackie S. Shields obo Bear Peak Resources | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 05/26/2017 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting from A. Clifford Edwards obo Bear Peak Resources, LLC | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
| 06/13/2017 | Notice-Internal - Oral argument notice - argued before Chief Justice Burke, Justices Hill, Davis, Fox and Kautz (A. Clifford Edwards and Jackie S. Shields o/b/o appellant; Neal S. Cohen and Patrick J. Murphy, argument by Mr. Cohen o/b/o appellee) and taken under advisement | Notice-Internal | Oral argument notice | Final | |
| 10/13/2017 | Opinion - Opinion and journal order affirming in part and reversing and remanding in part with Justice Kautz writing for the Court | Opinion | Opinion and journal order | Final | |
| 10/27/2017 | Petition - Rehearing | Petition | Rehearing | Final | |
| 10/30/2017 | Event - Hardcopy received - Petition for rehearing and brief in support of appellant | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
| 11/07/2017 | Order - Petition for rehearing - deny | Order | Petition for rehearing - deny | Final | |
| 11/07/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - Mandate | Notice-Outgoing | Mandate | Final | |
| 11/07/2017 | Record - Record returned to district court | Record | Record returned to district court | Final | |
| 11/07/2017 | Notice-Outgoing - Record return letter | Notice-Outgoing | Record return letter | Final | |
| 11/07/2017 | Event - Case closed | Event | Case closed | Final | |
| 11/15/2017 | Service - Certified mail signature return card - Record received 11/13/17 | Service | Certified mail signature return card | Final | |