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Twin City Technical LLC, et al. v. Williams County, et al.

Docket No. 20180264
Oral Argument: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 9:00 AM

Docket Info

Title
Twin City Technical LLC, Three Horns Energy, LLC,
Prairie of the South LLC, and Irish Oil & Gas, Inc., Plaintiffs and Appellees
v.
Williams County and Williams County Commission, Defendants and Appellants
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : OIL, GAS AND MINERALS
Appeal From
Case No. 2015-CV-01394
Northwest Judicial District, Williams County
Benjamen James Johnson
2019 ND 128927 N.W.2d 467
Oral Argument 1/22/2019

Highlight

A county’s lease of minerals executed in violation of mandatory competitive bidding statutes renders the lease invalid.
Laches is a delay or lapse of time in commencing an action that works a disadvantage or prejudice to the adverse party because of a change in conditions during the delay.

Briefs

Filing Date Description
09/25/2018 APPELLANT BRIEF View
10/30/2018 APPELLEE BRIEF View
11/08/2018 REPLY BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Scott Kenneth Porsborg - 04904
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Sarah E. Wall - 07822
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Lawrence Bender - 03908
APPELLEE PRIVATE PRACTICE Spencer Douglas Ptacek - 08295

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

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 06/28/2018 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 06/28/2018
2 06/28/2018 ORDER FOR TRANSCRIPT : 07/03/2018
3 07/02/2018 Received $125 filing fee
4 07/02/2018 NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV.
5 07/02/2018 Notice served on Scott K. Porsborg, Lawrence Bender, & Spencer D. Ptacek
6 07/31/2018 ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 30, 2018 (ENTRY NOS. 1 - 188)
7 08/16/2018 ELECTRONIC TRANSCRIPT DATED MARCH 26, 2018 & C.O.S.
8 09/25/2018 APPELLANT BRIEF View
9 09/25/2018 E-FILED BRIEF(PDF)
10 09/25/2018 APPELLANT APPENDIX
11 09/25/2018 E-FILED APPENDIX
12 10/02/2018 Rec'd 6 copies of ATB and 6 copies of ATA-(8 colored pages) from Central Duplicating
13 10/02/2018 Rec'd $25 ATB surcharge and $183.50 ATA (over page limit) (receipt #26628)
14 10/30/2018 APPELLEE BRIEF View
15 10/25/2018 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
16 10/25/2018 APPELLEE APPENDIX
17 10/25/2018 E-FILED APPENDIX
18 10/29/2018 Rrec'd $25 e-filing surcharge for AEB (receipt #26695)
19 10/31/2018 Rec'd 6 copies of AEB & AEA from CSD
20 11/08/2018 REPLY BRIEF View
21 11/08/2018 E-FILED BRIEF (PDF)
22 11/13/2018 Rec'd 6 copies of RYB from CSD
23 12/17/2018 NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT
24 01/22/2019 APPEARANCES: Scott Porsborg & Sarah Wall/Spencer Ptacek & Lawrence Bender
25 01/22/2019 ARGUED: Porsborg/Ptacek
26 01/22/2019 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
27 05/16/2019 DISPOSITION (REMANDED)
28 05/16/2019 UNANIMOUS OPINION : Jensen, Jon J. View
29 05/16/2019 Ordered by the Court, neither party have and recover costs and disbursements in this appeal
30 05/20/2019 Judgment Sent to Parties
31 06/07/2019 MANDATE