GRAY , Justice . [ 1] This dispute, over priority of rights between mineral developers in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, is before the Court a second time. Berenergy owns rights to both federal and private oil and gas. Peabody holds federal coal leases, and these minerals overlap. Berenergy Corp. v. BTU Western Resources, Inc., 2018 WY 2, 38-42, 408 P.3d 396 , 404 (Wyo. 2018) ( Berenergy I ). In Berenergy I, we determined the United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land...
FOX , Justice . [ 1] J. Michaela Byrnes sold property to Michael and Carla Jo Harper on a contract for deed. The Harpers filed a declaratory judgment action to establish their right to prepay the contract and obtain the deed, and the district court ruled in favor of the Harpers and ordered Ms. Byrnes to pay attorney fees and costs for discovery violations. Ms. Byrnes filed a pro se appeal in Byrnes v. Harper, 2018 WY 21, 1, 411 P.3d 427 , 429 (Wyo. 2018). We dismissed Michaela Byrnes'...
PEASLEY , District Judge . [ 1] Johnson County, through the Johnson County Fair Board, provides sixty-nine (69) camp spots at the Johnson County Fairgrounds for use during the annual Johnson County Fair and Rodeo. For each campsite, the County charges $25.00 per week and does not collect any sales or lodging taxes. The Department of Revenue (Department) determined the use of these campsites was subject to sales and lodging taxation, and the Board of Equalization (Board) reversed. The Board...
