Case Heading (S-08-0262) | |||||
Case Number: | S-08-0262 | Case Docketed On: | 12/10/2008 | ||
Linked To: | S-08-0258 , S-08-0261 , S-08-0259 , S-08-0260 , S-08-0263 , S-08-0264 | ||||
Status: | Closed | ||||
Original Court: | Ninth Judicial District Sublette County | Case Type: | Direct Appeal - Civil - Mines and Minerals (Title 30) | ||
Short Title: | DOYLE and MARGARET M. HARTMAN, JOHN H. HENDRIX CORPORATION, MICHAEL L. KLEIN and JEANNE KLEIN, RONNIE H. WESTBROOK and KAREN WESTBROOK v. ULTRA RESOURCES, INC., a Wyoming corporation, SHELL ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRODUCTION, LLC, a Delaware corporation, LANCE OIL & GAS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, SWEPI, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, WILLIAMS PRODUCTION ROCKY MOUNTAIN CO., a Delaware corporation, and ARROWHEAD RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD. | ||||
Full Title: | DOYLE and MARGARET M. HARTMAN, JOHN H. HENDRIX CORPORATION, MICHAEL L. KLEIN and JEANNE KLEIN, RONNIE H. WESTBROOK and KAREN WESTBROOK, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. ULTRA RESOURCES, INC., a Wyoming corporation, SHELL ROCKY MOUNTAIN PRODUCTION, LLC, a Delaware corporation, LANCE OIL & GAS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, SWEPI, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, WILLIAMS PRODUCTION ROCKY MOUNTAIN CO., a Delaware corporation, and ARROWHEAD RESOURCES (U.S.A.) LTD., Appellees (Defendants) |
- Party Information |
Role | Party Name | Attorney(s) |
Appellant | Doyle Hartman | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellant | Margaret M. Hartman | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellant | John H. Hendrix Corporation | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellant | Michael L. Klein | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellant | Jeanne Klein | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellant | Ronnie H. Westbrook | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellant | Karen Westbrook | Michael J. Sullivan John A. Masterson Jake Eugene Gallegos Michael J. Condon James M. Lyons D. Elizabeth Wills |
Appellee | Ultra Resources, Inc., a Wyoming corporation | Douglas James Mason George W. Mueller |
Appellee | Shell Rocky Mountain Production, LLC, a Delaware corporation | David B. Hooper Phillip D. Barber |
Appellee | Lance Oil & Gas Company, a Delaware corporation | Paul J. Hickey Ezekiel James Williams David W. Stark |
Appellee | SWEPI, LP, a Delaware limited partnership | David B. Hooper Phillip D. Barber |
Appellee | Williams Production RMT Company | Douglas James Mason George W. Mueller |
Appellee | Arrowhead Resources (U.S.A.) LTD. | Rebecca H. Noecker Nancy D. Freudenthal |
- Case Decision Information | |
Issues: | Attorney Fees, Contracts, Limitation of Actions, Natural Resources - Oil and Gas, Trial - Damages |
Opinion Number: | 2010 WY 36 |
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Docket Information | |||||
Filing Date | Document Description | Docket Entry Type | Docket Entry Subtype | Status | |
12/10/2008 | Event - Docketed and indexed | Event | Docketed and indexed | Final | |
12/10/2008 | Notice-Incoming - Record completion notice from district court | Notice-Incoming | Record completion notice from district court | Final | |
12/10/2008 | Fees - Docket fee received | Fees | Docket fee received | Final | |
12/10/2008 | Notice-Outgoing - Docketing letter | Notice-Outgoing | Docketing letter | Final | |
12/18/2008 | Order - Pro hac vice - allowing George W. Mueller to appear on behalf of defendants Ultra Resources, Inc. and Williams Production Rocky Mountain Co. as co-counsel with Douglas J. Mason (admitted in all cases with Mr. Mason per motion filed in S-08-0258). | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
12/23/2008 | Order - Pro hac vice - allow. Order granting admission of attorney pro hac vice. Phillip D. Barber admitted to practice on behalf of appellant Shell Rocky Mountain Production , LLC as co-counsel with David B. Hooper in case numbers S-08-0261, S-08-0262 & S-08-0264 only. | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
12/23/2008 | Order - Pro hac vice - allow (Revised) Order granting admission of attorney pro hac vice. George W. Mueller admitted to practice before this court in case numbers S-08-0258, S-08-0262 & S-08-0263 only. | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
12/30/2008 | Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance by John A. Masterson on behalf of appellants and appellees in S-08-0258, S-08-0259, S-08-0260, S-08-0261, S-08-0263 and S-08-0264 | Notice-Incoming | Entry of appearance | Final | |
12/31/2008 | Motion - Other - Admission Pro Hac Vice | Motion | Other | Final | |
01/02/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
01/02/2009 | Order - Pro hac vice - allow Jake Eugene Gallegos and Michael J. Condon to appear on behalf of Appellants in S-08-0258, S-08-0259, S-08-0260, S-08-0261, S-08-0262, S-08-0263, and S-08-0264 | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
01/09/2009 | Motion - Other - Admission Pro Hac Vice | Motion | Other | Final | |
01/12/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice; and received proposed order. | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
01/12/2009 | Notice-Incoming - Entry of appearance by Paul J. Hickey on behalf of Lance Oil & Gas Company in cases S-08-0260 & S-08-0262 only. | Notice-Incoming | Entry of appearance | Final | |
01/12/2009 | Order - Pro hac vice - allow. Order granting admissions of attorneys pro hac vice - Ezekiel James Williams and David W. Stark admitted on behalf of appellant Lance Oil & Gas Company as co-counsel with Paul J. Hickey in case numbers S-08-0260 & S-08-0262 only. | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
01/13/2009 | Order - Pro hac vice - allow. Order granting admission of attorneys pro hac vice. James M. Lyons and D. Elizabeth Wills admitted to practice in case numbers S-08-0258, S-08-0259, S-08-0260, S-08-0261, S-08-0262, S-08-0263 and S-08-0264 as co-counsel with Michael J. Sullivan, John A. Masterson, Jake Eugene Gallegos and Michael J. Condon. | Order | Pro hac vice - allow | Final | |
01/27/2009 | Brief - Appellant | Brief | Appellant | Final | |
01/28/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Plaintiffs/Appellants' brief-in-chief; and received copy of designation of record on appeal. | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
02/03/2009 | Order - Consolidating cases | Order | Consolidating cases | Final | |
02/25/2009 | Notice-Incoming - Change of address for Ezekiel J. Williams. | Notice-Incoming | Change of address | Final | |
03/03/2009 | Motion - Extension of time - brief | Motion | Extension of time - brief | Final | |
03/03/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Motion for extension of time to permit filing of consolidated response briefs on the same schedule as related appeals. | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
03/03/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Change of address for Ezekiel J. Williams | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
03/04/2009 | Order - Grant - extension of time | Order | Grant - extension of time | Final | |
03/30/2009 | Brief - Appellees Lance Oil & Gas Company and Arrowhead Resources | Brief | Appellee | Final | |
03/30/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Brief of appellees Arrowhead Resources (U.S.A.) Ltd. and Lance Oil & Gas Company, Inc., in response to appellants' brief-in-chief. | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
03/31/2009 | Brief - Appellee - Shell, Swepi, LP, Williams Production, and Ultra Resources. (Brief submitted on 3/30/09, but system error occurred. System corrected after 5:00 p.m.) Accepted as timely. | Brief | Appellee | Final | |
04/01/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Joint Response Brief of Appellees Shell Rocky Mountain Production LLC, Ultra Resources, Inc., SWEPI, LP and Williams Production Rocky Mountain Company | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
04/02/2009 | Motion - Correct a Document | Motion | Correct a Document | Final | |
04/03/2009 | Order - Other - Order to permit correction of a document (appendix for appellant's brief is supplemented). | Order | Other | Final | |
04/03/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Appellants' Motion to Correct a Document | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
04/08/2009 | Order - Oral argument scheduled | Order | Oral argument scheduled | Final | |
04/13/2009 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting - Nancy Freudenthal and Rebecca Noecker for appellee Arrowhead Resources (USA) Ltd. | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
04/14/2009 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting - George Mueller for Ultra Resources and Williams Production. | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
04/17/2009 | Brief - Appellant reply | Brief | Appellant reply | Final | |
04/20/2009 | Notice-Outgoing - Request for transmitted record on appeal from District Court Clerk | Notice-Outgoing | Request for transmitted record on appeal | Final | |
04/20/2009 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting - Phillip Barber and David Hooper for Shell Rocky Mountain Production and SWEPI, LP. | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
04/20/2009 | Event - Hardcopy received - Appellants' Reply Brief | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
04/29/2009 | Notice-Incoming - Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting - Jake Gallegos, Michael J. Condon and Michael J. Sullivan on behalf of Hartmans, et al. | Notice-Incoming | Receipt acknowledgment - oral argument setting | Final | |
05/12/2009 | Record - Transmitted record on appeal from district court clerk, thirty-seven volumes. Volumes I-XXIV, Original Papers; Volumes XXV-XXVI, Depositions; Volumes XXVII-XXX, Transcripts; Volumes XXXI-XXXVII, Exhibits. | Record | Transmitted record on appeal | Final | |
05/12/2009 | Notice-Outgoing - Transmitted record on appeal filed | Notice-Outgoing | Transmitted record on appeal filed | Final | |
05/14/2009 | Event - Oral argument presented. Argued before full court (Phillip D. Barber, Nancy D. Freudenthal, Paul J. Hickey, David B. Hooper, Douglas James Mason, George W. Mueller, Rebecca H. Noecker, David W. Stark, and Ezekiel James Williams, argument by Ms. Freudenthal and Messrs. Barber, Mueller and Hickey for appellants; and Michael J. Condon, Jake Eugene Gallegos, James M. Lyons, John A. Masterson, Michael J. Sullivan and D. Elizabeth Wills, argument by Messrs. Gallegos and Sullivan for appellees) and taken under advisement. | Event | Oral argument presented | Final | |
05/14/2009 | Notice-Internal - Oral argument notice | Notice-Internal | Oral argument notice | Final | |
03/23/2010 | Opinion - Opinion and journal order affirming in part and reversing in part. Justice Kite writing for the Court, Chief Justice Voigt filed a dissenting opinion. | Opinion | Opinion and journal order | Final | |
04/06/2010 | Event - Hardcopy received - Appellants' petition for rehearing; and received proposed order. | Event | Hardcopy received | Final | |
04/21/2010 | Order - Petition for rehearing - deny | Order | Petition for rehearing - deny | Final | |
04/21/2010 | Notice-Outgoing - Mandate | Notice-Outgoing | Mandate | Final | |
04/21/2010 | Record - Record returned to district court | Record | Record returned to district court | Final | |
04/21/2010 | Notice-Outgoing - Record return letter | Notice-Outgoing | Record return letter | Final | |
04/21/2010 | Event - Case closed | Event | Case closed | Final | |
05/06/2010 | Service - Other - UPS tracking printout for record (7 boxes) delivered 4/26/10 to Clerk of District Court. | Service | Other | Final |