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Sorenson, et al. v. Bakken Investments, LLC, et al.

Docket No. 20160319
Oral Argument: Monday, February 27, 2017 2:45 PM

Docket Info

Title
Craig and Barbara Sorenson, Plaintiffs and Appellees
v.
Bakken Investments LLC, Creeping Cedar Oil, LLC,
XTO Energy, Inc., Black Stone Minerals Co., LP,
Pierce Exploration and Production Corp.,
Emile-Jean, Baesch-Muller, Ann-Marie Kienz Baesch,
Milton S. Olson, Palmer and Doris Norby, Donald
Karst, Wendell and Carole Tasker, Neal "Tuke" P.
Burgess as Personal Representative for the Estate
of Alan D. Burgess, Neal Burgess, Claire and
Lois Bjorgen, William R. Anderson, LEAF Minerals,
LLC, Ryan Masset, Peter Masset, Tricia Steffan,
Kristi Anseth, Jay Anseth, Siri Njos, Avalon North,
LLC, Red Rhino Resources, LLC, Dakota West Energy,
Stallings Properties Ltd., Joe Gieb III, Sara Gieb,
Peggy Helphrey, Wayne Sorenson, Richard Cernosek,
Sacred Heart Church, Cyrill Kallus, Elizabeth
Kallus, Marilyn Kallus Kothmann, Mike Kulhanek,
Harry Mazurkiewicz, Joseph Hild, Gus Lindemann,
David Machala, Kenneth Stevenson, William Everett,
Danny Gumm, Randy Gumm, Bryan Gumm, Bakken Oil,
LLC, Sundance Oil and Gas, LLC, Albert Frisch, Stallings
Properties, LTD, Madeline Frisch, Miriam Philippe-Reuter,
Marie Louise Frisch, Continental Resources, Inc., Newfield
Production Co., Ashley Resources, Inc., Kodiak Oil and Gas,
North Plains Energy, LLC, Maitre Fabienne Mondot, Theresa
Pryor, and persons unknown claiming any estate or
interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, the
mineral acres described in the complaint, Defendants
and
William Everett, Sara A. Gieb, Marilyn Kallus
Kothmann, Elizabeth A. Kallus, Richard Cernosek,
Bryan Gumm, Randy Gumm, Gus F. Lindemann,
David F. Machala, Joe Gieb III, Stallings
Properties Ltd., Joseph C. Hild, Mike Kulhanek,
Kenneth Stevenson, and Harry Mazurkiewicz, Defendants and Appellants
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : OIL, GAS AND MINERALS
Appeal From
Case No. 2012-CV-00074
Northwest Judicial District, McKenzie County
David W. Nelson
2017 ND 127895 N.W.2d 302
Oral Argument 2/27/2017

Highlight

Only a person having an interest in, or claiming an interest in, real property may challenge a court's rulings in a quiet title action.


Briefs

Filing Date Description
12/05/2016 APPELLANT BRIEF (PDF) View
01/04/2017 APPELLEE BRIEF (PDF) Sorenson View
01/19/2017 REPLY BRIEF (PDF) View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Joshua Allen Swanson - 06788
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Shea Ashley Miller - 08498
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Nathan Morris Bouray - 06311

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 09/26/2016 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 09/26/2016
2 09/28/2016 Rec'd $125 filing fee (receipt #24820)
3 09/29/2016 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
4 09/29/2016 Notice served on Nathan Bouray & Shea Thomas, Tami Norgard & Joshua Swanson, Paul J. Forster
5 09/29/2016 Wade Mann, Patrick Durck & Zachary Pelham, Jon Bogner, Michael Maus, Lawrence Bender & Amy De Kok
6 09/29/2016 Bruce Selinger, James L. Mowry, Rebecca Zisch
7 09/29/2016 Peggy Helphrey, Pierce Exploration & Production Corp, Maitre Fabienne Mondot, Emile Jean Baesch-
8 09/29/2016 Muller, Donald Karst, William Andersen, Wayne Sorenson, Sacred Heart Church, Harry Mazurkiewiez
9 09/29/2016 Newfield Production Co
10 09/29/2016 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : Kapsner, Carol Ronning
11 10/04/2016 ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : VandeWalle, Gerald W.
12 10/10/2016 Letter sent William Andersen was Return to Sender and was Unable to Forward
13 10/21/2016 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED OCTOBER 20, 2016 (ITEM NOT SENT #161)
14 11/01/2016 Letter sent Harry Mazurkiewicz was sent back not deliverable as addressed unable to forward
15 11/04/2016 MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF
16 11/04/2016 E-FILED MOTION
17 11/04/2016 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 12/05/2016
18 11/07/2016 Letter sent Pierce Exploration & Production Corp was Return to Sender and was Unable to Forward
19 11/14/2016 Letter sent Newfield Production Co. was Return to Sender and was Unable to Forward
20 11/18/2016 Letter sent Maitre Fabienne Mondot & Emile Jean Baesch-Muller was Return to Sender
21 11/25/2016 1ST ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED NOVEMBER 23, 2016 (ENTRY NOS.209-211)
22 12/02/2016 2ND ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED DECEMBER 1, 2016 (ENTRY NOS. 212-233)
23 12/05/2016 APPELLANT BRIEF (PDF) View
24 12/05/2016 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
25 12/05/2016 APPELLANT APPENDIX
26 12/05/2016 E-FILED APPENDIX
27 12/09/2016 Rec'd $25 e-filing surcharge for ATB (receipt #24944)
28 12/13/2016 Rec'd nonsubstantive corrections for ATB and ATA (correct title/cover page)
29 12/15/2016 Rec'd 7 copies of ATB and 6 copies of ATA from Central Duplicating
30 01/04/2017 APPELLEE BRIEF (PDF) Sorenson View
31 01/04/2017 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
32 01/06/2017 Rec'd $25 e-filing surcharge for AEB - Craig & Barbara Sorenson(receipt #24998)
33 01/10/2017 Rec'd 7 copies of AEB from Central Duplicating
34 01/19/2017 REPLY BRIEF (PDF) View
35 01/19/2017 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
36 01/23/2017 Rec'd 7 copies of RYB from Central Duplicating
37 01/25/2017 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
38 01/26/2017 SITTING WITH THE COURT : Neumann, William A.
39 01/31/2017 SITTING WITH THE COURT : Graff, Benny A.
40 02/27/2017 APPEARANCES: Nathan M. Bouray; Shea A. Thomas; Joshua A. Swanson
41 02/27/2017 ARGUED: Shea A. Thomas; Joshua A. Swanson
42 02/27/2017 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
43 05/18/2017 DISPOSITION
44 05/18/2017 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Tufte, Jerod E. View
45 05/18/2017 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellees
46 05/18/2017 Judgment Sent to Parties
47 06/13/2017 MANDATE
48 08/10/2022 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed