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N.D. Dep't of Transportation v. Schmitz

Docket No. 20170397
Oral Argument: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 2:45 PM

Docket Info

Title
North Dakota Department of Transportation, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
G. John Schmitz, Defendant and Appellant
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : REAL PROPERTY
Appeal From
Case No. 2014-CV-00329
Northwest Judicial District, Williams County
Paul W. Jacobson
2018 ND 113910 N.W.2d 874
Oral Argument 3/13/2018

Highlight

A trial court may award reasonable attorney fees, expert witness fees, or litigation costs to the prevailing party in an eminent domain action.
A trial court abuses its discretion if it misinterprets or misapplies the law.


Briefs

Filing Date Description
12/26/2017 APPELLANT BRIEF (PDF) View
01/25/2018 APPELLEE BRIEF View
02/08/2018 REPLY BRIEF (PDF) View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Cathy Lynn Howe Schmitz - 03616
APPELLEE SPEC. ASST. ATTY. GEN. Howard D. Swanson - 04075
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Not Licensed in ND - 00002
APPELLANT 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 11/13/2017 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 11/13/2017
2 11/20/2017 Received filing fee
3 11/20/2017 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
4 11/20/2017 Notice served on Dan Biersdorf, Cathy L. Howe Schmitz & Howard D. Swanson
5 12/07/2017 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 12/07/2017
6 12/07/2017 Stipulation to use limited transcripts
7 12/13/2017 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED DECEMBER 12, 2017 (ENTRY NOS.1-144, 157, 162, 164-166, 169-170 &
8 12/22/2017 173-216) (NOT SENT 145-156, 158-161, 163, 167-168 & 171-172)
9 12/26/2017 APPELLANT BRIEF (PDF) View
10 12/26/2017 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
11 12/26/2017 APPELLANT APPENDIX
12 12/26/2017 E-FILED APPENDIX
13 12/28/2017 Received non-substantive corrections to ATB & ATA ( TOC & TOA)
14 01/03/2018 Received 6 copies of ATB from Central Duplicating
15 01/03/2018 Received 6 copies of ATA from Central Duplicating
16 01/09/2018 Received $114.50 ATB surcharge fee and ATA overage fee (Receipt #25850)
17 01/11/2018 Affidavit of Dan Biersdorf in Support of Admission to Practice Pro Hac Vice
18 01/18/2018 MOTION FOR ADMISSION AND AFFIDAVIT OF RYAN SIMATIC
19 01/18/2018 ACTION BY CLERK - Granted
20 01/25/2018 APPELLEE BRIEF View
21 01/25/2018 E-FILED BRIEF
22 01/25/2018 APPELLEE APPENDIX
23 01/25/2018 E-FILED APPENDIX
24 01/29/2018 Received $25 e-filing surcharge (Receipt #25888)
25 01/30/2018 Received 6 copies of AEB from Central Duplicating
26 01/30/2018 Received 6 copies of AEA from Central Duplicating
27 02/02/2018 MOT. EXT/TIME TRANSCRIPT
28 02/02/2018 ACTION BY TRIAL COURT - Granted : 03/05/2018
29 02/07/2018 Rec'd non-compliant brief RYB; sent back for revision (word limit (32)(8)(a))
30 02/08/2018 REPLY BRIEF (PDF) View
31 02/08/2018 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
32 02/09/2018 Rec'd proof of service for RYB
33 02/12/2018 Rec'd 6 copies of RYB from Central Duplicating
34 02/21/2018 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
35 03/06/2018 ELECTRONIC PARTIAL TRANSCRIPTS DATED JUNE 20, 2017, JUNE 22, 2017, JUNE 23, 2017, & C.O.S.
36 03/13/2018 APPEARANCES: Ryan Simatic and Cathy Howe Schmitz/Howard Swanson
37 03/13/2018 ARGUED: Simatic/Swanson
38 03/13/2018 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
39 03/15/2018 1ST ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED MARCH 14, 2018 (ENTRY NOS.218-220 )
40 05/08/2018 DISPOSITION (AND REMANDED)
41 05/08/2018 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John View
42 05/08/2018 Costs on appeal taxed in favor of Appellant
43 05/09/2018 Judgment Sent to Parties
44 05/16/2018 2ND ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED MAY 15, 2018 (ENTRY NOS. 221-222)
45 05/16/2018 Amended Judgment Sent to Parties
46 06/01/2018 MANDATE
47 06/13/2018 Corrected op pg - Pg 6, Para 11, Ln 42, removes word at from citation 331 N.W.2d 30, 40-41
48 06/09/2023 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed