Philip T. Sharples Trust et al v. Bill Barrett Corporation et al

Filing 31

ORDER finding as moot 25 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; finding as moot 28 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings by Judge John L. Kane on 9/24/2015.(babia)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Case No. 15-cv-01335-JLK
THE PHILIP T. SHARPLES TRUST, by and through its trustees, the COLORADO
STATE BANK AND TRUST, a wholly owned subsidiary of BOKF, NA, a national
banking association, and the WYOMING BANK AND TRUST, a Wyoming corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
BILL BARRETT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation;
ENCORE ENERGY PARTNERS OPERATING, LLC, a Texas limited liability company;
VANGUARD NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;
TEOCALI ENERGY, LLC, a Colorado limited liability corporation;
and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT
MATTER OF THIS ACTION
Defendants.

ORDER AND DECREE

This matter comes before the Court pursuant to Defendant Teocali Energy, LLC’s
Motion (Doc. 25) and Amended Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Doc. 28), as
well as the Stipulation of Plaintiff and the Defendant Teocali to the Motion and
Amended Motion (Doc. 30). The Court, having reviewed the Complaint, the Answers,
the Motion and the Amended Motion, and the Stipulation and therefore being advised in
the premises enters the following Order.
It is hereby Ordered, Adjudicated and Decreed that Defendant Teocali
Energy, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, has no right, title, interest, estate or

claim of any kind whatsoever in or to that certain U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of
Land Management Oil and Gas Lease described as:
U.S. Oil and Gas Lease WYW-173564
Township 34 North, Range 88 West, 6th P.M.
Section 4: SW
Section 5: S2
Section 5: Lot 1
Section 7: E2
Section 7: Lot 3, 4, 7, 8
Section 8: NE
Section 9: All
containing 1,859.04 acres, more or less, in Natrona County, Wyoming, (the “Lease”)
superior in any manner to the right, title or interest of the Plaintiff.
It is Further Ordered, Adjudicated and Decreed that Defendant Teocali
Energy, LLC, is forever barred and enjoined from asserting any such superior title to the
Lease.
And finally, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, it is Ordered, Adjudicated
and Decreed that Teocali Energy, LLC shall be dismissed from this action with
prejudice, and the Plaintiff and Teocali Energy, LLC shall each bear their own attorney
fees and costs as incurred herein.
In light of Teocali Energy, LLC’s dismissal from this action, Teocali’s Motions for
Judgment (Docs. 25 & 28) are DENIED AS MOOT.
Dated this 24th day of September, 2015.

By the Court:

John L. Kane, Senior Judge
United States District Court