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2015 Application for Permit to Enter Land

Docket No. 20150311
Oral Argument: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 1:30pm

Docket Info

Title
In re: 2015 Application for Permit to Enter
Land for Surveys and Examination Associated with a
Proposed North Dakota Diversion and Associated
Structures
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Cass County Joint Water Resource District, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
Steven Brakke; Colleen Brakke; Dorothy V. Brakke,
as trustee of the Dorothy V. Brakke Revocable Living
Trust under agreement dated April 3, 1980, as amended
and as beneficiary and possible successor Trustee of
the H. Donald Brakke Revocable Living Trust under
agreement dated July 28, 1977, as amended;
Paul E. Brakke; and H. Donald Brakke; K-F Farm
Partnership; Christopher Narum; and Jeanne D.
Narum, Defendants
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Steven Brakke; Colleen Brakke; Dorothy V. Brakke,
as trustee of the Dorothy V. Brakke Revocable Living
Trust under agreement dated April 3, 1980, as amended
and as beneficiary and possible successor Trustee of
the H. Donald Brakke Revocable Living Trust under
agreement dated July 28, 1977, as amended;
Paul E. Brakke; and H. Donald Brakke, Appellants
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : REAL PROPERTY
Appeal From
Case No. 2015-CV-00770
East Central Judicial District, Cass County
Steven E. McCullough
2016 ND 165883 N.W.2d 844
Oral Argument 4/19/2016

Highlight

The N.D. Rules of Civil Procedure do not require a water district to begin a civil action by serving a summons when applying for a permit to enter land for examining, surveying and mapping a proposed flood control project.
The district's examinations are not limited to visual examinations, and the landowners are not entitled to a jury trial in the preliminary stage.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
02/01/2016 APPELLANT BRIEF View
03/03/2016 APPELLEE BRIEF (PDF) View
03/16/2016 REPLY BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Jonathan T. Garaas - 03080
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Andrew Davis Cook - 06278
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Christopher Michael McShane - 06207

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 10/26/2015 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 10/26/2015
2 10/26/2015 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 11/02/2015
3 10/26/2015 Rec'd $125 filing fee (receipt #24058)
4 10/26/2015 MOTION FOR consolidation with 20150312 - RspDue : 11/12/2015
5 10/26/2015 E-FILED MOTION
6 10/28/2015 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
7 10/28/2015 Notice served on Jonathan Garaas and Christopher M. McShane
8 11/13/2015 ACTION BY CLERK (consolidation with 20150312) - Granted
9 11/13/2015 This case is consolidated w/20150312 - make all entries except ROA, DIS, & MAN in this case
10 12/01/2015 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED NOVEMBER 30, 2015 (ENTRY NOS. 1-56)
11 12/04/2015 MOTION to Dismiss Appeal as Moot - RspDue : 12/21/2015
12 12/04/2015 E-FILED MOTION
13 12/10/2015 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED AUGUST 20, 2015 & C.O.S. (2015-CV-01746)(ELECTRONIC ONLY)
14 12/21/2015 Opposition to Motion to Dismiss Appeal as Moot with Appendix
15 12/22/2015 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED AUGUST 14, 2015 & C.O.S.(2015-CV-00770) (ELECTRONIC ONLY)
16 01/13/2016 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (Mtn. to Dismiss) - Denied
17 02/01/2016 APPELLANT BRIEF View
18 02/01/2016 APPELLANT APPENDIX
19 02/01/2016 DISK (ATB) (MAILED-CD-ROM)
20 02/05/2016 Rec'd non-substantive correction for ATB & ATA (Cover Page-Title)
21 03/03/2016 APPELLEE BRIEF (PDF) View
22 03/03/2016 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
23 03/04/2016 Rec'd non-substantive corrections for AEB (title cor.)
24 03/07/2016 Rec'd $25 e-filing surcharge for AEB (Receipt #24273)
25 03/09/2016 Rec'd 7 copies of AEB from Central Duplicating
26 03/16/2016 REPLY BRIEF View
27 03/16/2016 DISK (RYB)
28 03/21/2016 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
29 04/14/2016 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : McEvers, Lisa K. Fair
30 04/14/2016 SITTING WITH THE COURT : Graff, Benny A.
31 04/19/2016 APPEARANCES: Jonathan T. Garaas; Andrew D. Cook
32 04/19/2016 ARGUED: Jonathan T. Garaas; Andrew D. Cook
33 04/19/2016 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
34 08/18/2016 DISPOSITION
35 08/18/2016 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John View
36 08/18/2016 Cost on appeal taxed in favor of Appellee
37 08/19/2016 Judgment Sent to Parties
38 08/23/2016 PETITION FOR REHEARING View
39 08/23/2016 DISK
40 08/24/2016 Corrected Opinion Pg (occurs at pg 5, para 11, line 1, correcting citation of Bakke to Brakke)
41 09/02/2016 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT - Denied : 09/02/2016
42 09/15/2016 MANDATE
43 05/26/2022 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed