Opinion
Supreme Court Case No. 18SA113
07-02-2018
In the MATTER OF the TITLE, BALLOT TITLE AND SUBMISSION CLAUSE FOR PROPOSED INITIATIVES 2017-2018 #178, #179, #180 AND #181 "REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT" Janette Rose, Petitioner v. John Brackney and Guillermo DeHerrera, Respondents and Suzanne Staiert, Glenn Roper and Jason Gelender, Title Board.
Attorneys for Petitioner: Tierney Lawrence LLC, Edward T. Ramey, Martha M. Tierney, Denver, Colorado Attorneys for Respondents: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Jason R. Dunn, David B. Meschke, Denver, Colorado Attorneys for the Title Board: Cynthia H. Coffman, Attorney General, Matthew D. Grove, Assistant Solicitor General, Denver, Colorado
Attorneys for Petitioner: Tierney Lawrence LLC, Edward T. Ramey, Martha M. Tierney, Denver, Colorado
Attorneys for Respondents: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, Jason R. Dunn, David B. Meschke, Denver, Colorado
Attorneys for the Title Board: Cynthia H. Coffman, Attorney General, Matthew D. Grove, Assistant Solicitor General, Denver, Colorado
En Banc
PER CURIAM.¶1 Chief Justice Coats, Justice Márquez, and Justice Boatright are of the opinion that the action of the Title Board should be affirmed.
¶2 Justice Hood, Justice Gabriel and Justice Hart are of the opinion that the action of the Title Board should be reversed.
¶3 The action of the Title Board setting a title for ballot initiatives numbered 2017-2018 #178, #179, #180, and #181 is therefore affirmed by operation of law.