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Cass Co. Joint Water Resource District v. 1.43 Acres of Land, et al.

Docket No. 20010217
Oral Argument: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
Cass County Joint Water Resource
District, a political subdivision
of the State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellant
v.
1.43 Acres of Land in Highland
Township, Cass County, North Dakota,
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians, a/k/a Turtle Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, and Roger W. Shea, Defendants and Appellees
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : REAL PROPERTY
Appeal From
Case No. 01-C-0665
East Central Judicial District, Cass County
Georgia Dawson
2002 ND 83643 N.W.2d 685
Oral Argument 1/30/2002

Highlight

A condemnation action is purely in rem, and does not require acquisition of in personam jurisdiction over the owners of the land.
Tribal sovereign immunity does not bar a condemnation action in state court involving land which is owned in fee by the tribe and which is not reservation land, allotted land, aboriginal land, or trust land.
Once the federal government removes restraints on alienation of Indian land by granting a fee patent to a private party, the land does not become inalienable again under the Federal Nonintercourse Act, 25 U.S.C. 177, when it is purchased in fee by an Indian tribe.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
11/15/2001 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF - North Dakota League of Cities View
11/16/2001 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (State of ND) View
11/16/2001 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (ND Association of Counties) View
11/16/2001 APPELLANT BRIEF View
12/18/2001 BRIEF OF APPELLEES (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and Roger W. Shea) View
12/28/2001 REPLY BRIEF View
01/04/2002 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (Three Affiliated Tribes) View

Counsel

Party Type Name
AMICUS CURIAE CORPORATE COUNSEL Jerald A Hjelmstad - 03481
AMICUS CURIAE ATT. GENERAL OFFICE Charles M Carvell - 03560
AMICUS CURIAE CORPORATE COUNSEL Gary Michael Beaudry - 04855
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Russell John Myhre - 03180
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Not Licensed in ND - 00002

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 09/07/2001 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 09/05/2001
2 09/07/2001 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 09/05/2001
3 09/21/2001 Affidavit of Jerilyn Decoteau under Rule 11.1, NDRCt.
4 10/08/2001 RECORD ON APPEAL
5 10/09/2001 TRANSCRIPT DATED June 6, 2001
6 10/09/2001 DISK - TRA e-mail
7 11/15/2001 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE (ND League of Cities)
8 11/15/2001 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (WAN) - Granted
9 11/15/2001 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF - North Dakota League of Cities View
10 11/16/2001 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (State of North Dakota)
11 11/16/2001 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (State of ND) (DVS) - Granted
12 11/16/2001 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (State of ND) View
13 11/16/2001 DISK - State of ND (e-mailed)
14 11/16/2001 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (ND Association of Counties)
15 11/16/2001 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (ND Association of Counties) (DVS) - Granted
16 11/16/2001 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (ND Association of Counties) View
17 11/16/2001 Addendum to Amicus Brief of ND Assoc. of Counties
18 11/16/2001 DISK - ND Association of Counties
19 11/16/2001 APPELLANT BRIEF View
20 11/16/2001 APPELLANT APPENDIX
21 11/19/2001 DISK - ATB
22 11/16/2001 DISK - ND League of Cities Amicus Brief
23 12/14/2001 MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS BRIEF (Three Affiliated Tribes)
24 12/14/2001 ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (with understanding ACB is due 12-28-01) - Granted
25 12/18/2001 BRIEF OF APPELLEES (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians and Roger W. Shea) View
26 12/18/2001 DISK - AEB
27 12/21/2001 Ltr acknowledging Payment of $100 fee for Nonresident Atty. Jerilyn DeCoteau under Rule 11.1
28 12/28/2001 MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (AMICUS BRIEF - Three Affiliated Tribes)
29 12/28/2001 ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted : 01/04/2002
30 12/28/2001 MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF (sua sponte)
31 12/28/2001 ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted : 01/21/2002
32 12/28/2001 REPLY BRIEF View
33 12/28/2001 DISK - RYB
34 01/02/2002 Request for Radio/TV Coverage (AP) (e-mail dated 1-02-02 from Dale Wetzel) (APPROVED)
35 01/04/2002 AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF (Three Affiliated Tribes) View
36 01/07/2002 DISK - Amicus Curiae Three Affiliated Tribes
37 01/25/2002 Letter dated 1-15-02 from Glenn McCrory, President, ND Water Resource Districts Association stating
38 01/25/2002 that the ND Water Resource Districts support the Brief of Amicus Curiae ND Assoc. of Counties
39 01/25/2002 (Distributed to Court & legal staff for whatever consideration the Court deems appropriate)
40 01/25/2002 Letter dated 1-25-02 and Notice of Errata of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Dist to
41 01/25/2002 Ct. & Legal staff)
42 01/28/2002 Request for Radio Coverage (David Thompson - ND Public Radio) (e-mail from J. McDonald) (APPROVED)
43 01/30/2002 APPEARANCES: Steven E. McCullough, Senator Tom Fisher, Chairman, Cass County Water Resource Dist.,
44 01/30/2002 Calvin N. Rolfson; Jerilyn DeCoteau, Courtney M. Koeble, Sarah M. Vogel, Russell J. Myhre
45 01/30/2002 ARGUED: McCullough; DeCoteau (Vol. X; Page 199)
46 01/30/2002 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
47 05/14/2002 DISPOSITION
48 05/14/2002 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Neumann, William A. View
49 05/14/2002 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of appellant
50 05/20/2002 Order/Judgment Mailed to Parties
51 06/10/2002 MANDATE
52 06/18/2002 Corrected/Substitute Opinion Page 15, para. 31, line 2
53 06/13/2002 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
54 09/24/2007 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed