Government Says Discovery Requests In Mineral Rights Case Are ‘Overbroad’

Mealey's (July 18, 2022, 8:23 AM EDT) -- DENVER — The U.S. government on July 1 filed a brief in Colorado federal court contending that it should deny a discovery motion filed by property owners with whom the government is engaged in a mineral rights dispute because the landowners have not carried their burden to demonstrate that they have a legal entitlement to jurisdictional discovery, and the government says the requests themselves are “overbroad.”...