No. 25-702

CO2 Committee, Inc. v. Montezuma County, Colorado, et al.

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-12-17
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: civil-rights district-court facial-attack motion-to-dismiss rule-12b1 tenth-circuit
Key Terms:
JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Because the District Court and the County agreed on the facial attack procedure, should the Tenth Circuit on appeal have reversed the Order of the District Court which used in its Order allegations of fact from County's Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1)?

Question Presented (from Petition)

The District Court granted the Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, by faci al attack, the Petitioner’s Complaint under Rule 12(b)(1). The material part of the Complaint was to recover money the Respondents (collectively the “County”) took as taxes which the Committee did not owe withou t notice and in violation of their civil rights. The District Court in its Order relied on allegations of fact in the County’s Motion to Dismiss despite facial attack case law. Some of those allegations were false and material. On appeal, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the District Court’ s Order and Judgment with little attention to the rule that motions to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1) with facial attack must accept well pled allegations of the complaint as true. The Question Presented Is : Because the District Court and the County agreed on the facial attack procedure, should the Tenth Circuit on appeal have reve rsed the Order of the Dis trict Court which used in it s Order allegations of fact from County’s Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12(b)(1)?

Docket Entries

2026-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-24
Reply of Co2 Committee, Inc., a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation submitted.
2026-01-24
Reply of Co2 Committee, Inc. submitted.
2026-01-23
Reply of petitioner Co2 Committee, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
2026-01-13
Brief of respondents Montezuma County, Colorado, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-12-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 16, 2026)

Attorneys

Co2 Committee, Inc.
John M. CogswellCogswell Law Offices, Petitioner
John M. CogswellCogswell Law Offices, Petitioner
Co2 Committee, Inc., a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation
John M CogswellCogswell Law Offices, Petitioner
Montezuma County, et al.
Nathan Allen KeeverDufford Waldeck Law, Respondent
Nathan Allen KeeverDufford Waldeck Law, Respondent