Profiles of pending class actions:

Lindauer et. al v. Williams Production RMT Company

Lindauer et. al v. Williams Production RMT Company, Case No. 2006 CV 317 (Garfield County, Colorado)

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Plaintiff Ivo Lindauer (and others) filed this action on September 20, 2006, against Williams Production RMT Company (“Williams”).

The plaintiffs sought permission of the court to bring this action on behalf of a plaintiff class, which consisted of Williams’ royalty owners and overriding royalty in Garfield County, Colorado, excluding certain persons and entities identified in the description of the class.

Plaintiffs alleged that Williams was underpaying royalties and had failed to refund amounts withheld from royalty payments for ad valorem taxes in Garfield County in excess of the tax that Williams actually paid to the County on behalf of such royalty owners.

In October, 2008, the parties to the lawsuit executed a Settlement Agreement. On October 21, 2008, the Court entered an Order which directed that Notice be mailed to the Plaintiff Class and a Fairness Hearing be held on March 20, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. in the Garfield County District Court, 109 8th Street, Greenwood Springs, Colorado, for the purpose of determining whether the Settlement Agreement should be approved and addressing other issues set forth in the Notice.  The Fairness Hearing was held and the Court approved the Settlement Agreement and application for attorneys’ fees and expenses.

Williams has prepared a Final Payment Schedule (click here to view the Final Payment Schedule). The anticipated date of distribution is May 19, 2009.