Wilkinson, et al. v. Board of University and School Lands of the State of N.D.
Docket No. 20190354
Oral Argument:
Monday, April 13, 2020 2:45 PM
Docket Info
- Title
- William S. Wilkinson; Ann L. Nevins and
Amy L. Perkins as Personal Representatives for the
Estate of Dorothy A. Wilkinson; Barbara Caryl Materne,
Trustee of the Petty Living Trust;
Charlie R. Blaine and Vanessa E. Blaine, as
Co-Trustees of the Charlie R. Blaine and
Vanessa E. Blaine Revocable Trust; Lois Jean Patch,
life tenant; and Lana J. Sundahl, Linda Joy Weigel,
Deborah J. Goetz, Marva J. Will, Ronald J. Patch,
Michael Larry Patch, and Jon Charles Patch, Remaindermen, Plaintiffs and Appellees
v.
The Board of University and School Lands of the
State of North Dakota, Brigham Oil & Gas, LLP; Statoil
Oil & Gas LP; Defendants and Appellants
and
EOG Resources, Inc.; Defendant and Appellee
and
XTO Energy Inc.; Petrogulf Corporation, and all other
persons unknown who have or claim an interest in
the property described in the Complaint, Defendants
and
North Dakota State Engineer, Intervener and Appellant - Case Type
- CIVIL APPEAL : OTHER (Civil)
- Appeal From
-
Case No. 2012-CV-00038
Northwest Judicial District, Williams County
Paul W. Jacobson
2020 ND 179947 N.W.2d 910
Oral Argument
4/13/2020
Highlight
Chapter 61-33.1, N.D.C.C., governs the State’s sovereign land mineral ownership of the riverbed segments subject to inundation by the Pick-Sloan Missouri basin project dams and provides a process for determining ownership and returning funds incorrectly paid to the State.
The State does not have any claim or hold title as sovereign lands to any minerals above the ordinary high water mark of the historical Missouri riverbed channel.
When N.D.C.C. ch. 61-33.1 applies to determine ownership of mineral interests, the process provided by the chapter must be followed to decide ownership.
Briefs
| Filing Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 01/13/2020 | APPELLANT BRIEF (STATOIL OIL & GAS LP f/k/a/ BRIGHAM OIL & GAS, LLP) | View |
| 01/13/2020 | APPELLANT BRIEF (BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS) | View |
| 01/13/2020 | APPELLANT BRIEF (NORTH DAKOTA STATE ENGINEER) | View |
| 02/28/2020 | APPELLEE BRIEF (EOG Resources, Inc.) | View |
| 03/02/2020 | APPELLEE BRIEF (Wilkinson, et al.) | View |
| 03/03/2020 | AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF | View |
| 03/16/2020 | REPLY BRIEF (Board of University and School Lands) | View |
| 03/16/2020 | REPLY BRIEF (Statoil) | View |
| 03/17/2020 | REPLY BRIEF (ND State Engineer) | View |
Counsel
| Party | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| APPELLANT | ATT. GENERAL OFFICE | David Paul Garner - 06860 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | John E. Ward - 07495 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Lawrence Bender - 03908 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Robert Brandon Stock - 05919 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Paul Jonathan Forster - 07398 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Joshua Allen Swanson - 06788 |
| APPELLANT | ATT. GENERAL OFFICE | Jennifer Leigh Verleger - 06732 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Craig Cordell Smith - 04623 |
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11/15/2019 | NOTICE OF APPEAL by Board of University and School Lands : 11/15/2019 | |
| 2 | 11/15/2019 | SECOND NOTICE OF APPEAL by North Dakota State Engineer | |
| 3 | 11/21/2019 | Received $125 filing fee | |
| 4 | 11/22/2019 | NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV. | |
| 5 | 11/22/2019 | Notice served on David Garner, Jennifer Verleger, Lyle W. Kirmis, John E. Ward, Lawrence Bender, | |
| 6 | 11/22/2019 | Robert B. Stock, Joshua A. Swanson, Michael J. Mazzone, Christopher C. Rosas, David D. Schweigert | |
| 7 | 11/27/2019 | Third Notice of Appeal by Statoil Oil & Gas LP f/k/a Brigham Oil & Gas, LLP ("Statoil") | |
| 8 | 11/27/2019 | ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED NOVEMBER 26, 2019 (ENTRY NOS. 1-10, 12-520) | |
| 9 | 11/27/2019 | NOT. OF FILING 3RD NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV. | |
| 10 | 11/27/2019 | Notice served on David Garner, Jennifer Verleger, Lyle W. Kirmis, Lawrence Bender, Robert B. Stock, | |
| 11 | 11/27/2019 | Joshua A. Swanson, Michael J. Mazzone, Christopher C. Rosas, & David D. Schweigert | |
| 12 | 12/03/2019 | ELEC. SUPP. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED 12/2/2019 (ENTRY NOS. 521-524) | |
| 13 | 12/12/2019 | JOINT MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE BRIEFS | |
| 14 | 12/13/2019 | ACTION BY CLERK | |
| 15 | 12/13/2019 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF | |
| 16 | 12/13/2019 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 01/13/2020 | |
| 17 | 12/13/2019 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF | |
| 18 | 12/13/2019 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 03/02/2020 | |
| 19 | 12/13/2019 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF | |
| 20 | 12/13/2019 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 03/16/2020 | |
| 21 | 01/13/2020 | APPELLANT BRIEF (STATOIL OIL & GAS LP f/k/a/ BRIGHAM OIL & GAS, LLP) | View |
| 22 | 01/13/2020 | Oral Argument Request by Statoil Oil & Gas LP f/k/a Brigham Oil & Gas, LLP | |
| 23 | 01/13/2020 | APPELLANT BRIEF (BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS) | View |
| 24 | 01/13/2020 | Oral Argument Request by Board of University and School Lands | |
| 25 | 01/13/2020 | APPELLANT BRIEF (NORTH DAKOTA STATE ENGINEER) | View |
| 26 | 01/13/2020 | Oral Argument Request by North Dakota State Engineer | |
| 27 | 01/13/2020 | JOINT APPELLANT APPENDIX | |
| 28 | 01/13/2020 | Rec'd $163.50 for 327 pages over 100 | |
| 29 | 01/22/2020 | Rec'd non-substantive corrections for ATB's and ATA | |
| 30 | 01/27/2020 | Rec'd 6 copies of ATB's and ATA back from Central Duplicating | |
| 31 | 02/28/2020 | APPELLEE BRIEF (EOG Resources, Inc.) | View |
| 32 | 03/02/2020 | APPELLEE BRIEF (Wilkinson, et al.) | View |
| 33 | 03/02/2020 | APPELLEE APPENDIX (Wilkinson, et al.) | |
| 34 | 03/02/2020 | Oral Argument Request by Appellee Wilkinson, et al. | |
| 35 | 03/02/2020 | Affidavit of Joshua A. Swanson for Attorney's Fees (Wilkinson, et al.) (contained in brief) | |
| 36 | 03/02/2020 | MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF BY NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNSEL | |
| 37 | 03/03/2020 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted | |
| 38 | 03/03/2020 | AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF | View |
| 39 | 03/06/2020 | Rec'd $73 e-filing surcharge for AEA (Wilkinson) (receipt #27533) | |
| 40 | 03/06/2020 | Rec'd non-substantive corrections for AEB (EOG Resources, Inc.) | |
| 41 | 03/09/2020 | Rec'd non-substantive corrections to AEB (Wilkinson) | |
| 42 | 03/10/2020 | Rec'd 6 copies of ACB from CSD | |
| 43 | 03/11/2020 | Rec'd 6 copies of AEB (EOG Resources, Inc.) from CSD | |
| 44 | 03/12/2020 | Rec'd c.o.s. for corrections to AEB (Wilkinson, et al.) | |
| 45 | 03/12/2020 | Rec'd 6 copies of AEB & AEA (Wilkinson) from CSD | |
| 46 | 03/16/2020 | REPLY BRIEF (Board of University and School Lands) | View |
| 47 | 03/16/2020 | Non-Compliant Reply Brief (ND State Engineer)(page limit) | |
| 48 | 03/16/2020 | REPLY BRIEF (Statoil) | View |
| 49 | 03/17/2020 | Rec'd c.o.s. of RYB on C.Smith and P. Forster (Board of University and School Lands) | |
| 50 | 03/17/2020 | REPLY BRIEF (ND State Engineer) | View |
| 51 | 03/18/2020 | Rec'd c.o.s. of RYB on C.Smith and P. Forster (Statoil) | |
| 52 | 03/20/2020 | Rec'd 6 copies of RYB (ND State Engineer) | |
| 53 | 03/24/2020 | Rec'd 6 copies of RYB (Statoil) | |
| 54 | 03/25/2020 | NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT | |
| 55 | 04/13/2020 | APPEARANCES: Garner; Verleger; Kirmis; Ward; Bender; Stock; Swanson | |
| 56 | 04/13/2020 | ARGUED: Garner; Verleger; Kirmis; Swanson | |
| 57 | 04/13/2020 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 58 | 08/27/2020 | DISPOSITION (AND REMANDED) | |
| 59 | 08/27/2020 | UNANIMOUS OPINION : Crothers, Daniel John | View |
| 60 | 08/27/2020 | By order of the Court, no party have and recover costs and disbursements | |
| 61 | 08/31/2020 | Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 62 | 09/18/2020 | MANDATE | |
| 63 | 10/22/2020 | Corrected Opinion Page - Page 9, Para. 24, adding the "v. Autos, Inc." to Baker v. Autos, Inc. |