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95 <br />1 I understand that. I think it almost inconceivable <br />2 that Basin would not pay voluntarily a final <br />3 judgment from the state court in Colorado, but it's <br />4 my job to preserve all of my clients' leverage in <br />5 this situation, and that's simply what I'm doing <br />6 here or trying to do. <br />7 That's how the sequence would work, as I <br />8 understand, and as I have applied the law in other <br />9 states. <br />10 MR. HELD: So, Mr. Morris, the leverage <br />11 that you seek to retain is to be able to come back <br />12 to the division and have them issue a violation to <br />13 Basin that would go on the books as a violation for <br />14 failure to abate, and there would apparently be a <br />15 civil penalty assessed which, if Basin paid, would <br />16 go to the state, but nothing you could ask for <br />17 would, in fact, get you your money from Basin as a <br />18 result of your civil court action; is that <br />19 correct? <br />20 MR. MORRIS: No. Maybe I'm not <br />21 articulating this properly. The notice of <br />22 violation will lead eventually to a failure to <br />23 abate cessation order if the violation isn't <br />24 complied with. <br />25 It's true that the penalties associated <br />