Northwest Landowners Association v. State, et al.
Docket No. 20210148
Oral Argument:
Thursday, March 24, 2022 2:45 PM
Docket Info
- Title
- Northwest Landowners Association, Plaintiff and Appellee
v.
State of North Dakota, North Dakota
Industrial Commission, Hon. Douglas
Burgum in his official capacity as
Governor of the State of North
Dakota, and Hon. Drew H. Wrigley
in his official capacity as
Attorney General of North Dakota, Defendants and Appellants
and
Board of University and School Lands
of the State of North Dakota, Defendant
and
Continental Resources, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant and Appellant - Case Type
- CIVIL APPEAL : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
- Appeal From
-
Case No. 2019-CV-00085
Northeast Judicial District, Bottineau County
Anthony Swain Benson
2022 ND 150978 N.W.2d 679
Oral Argument
3/24/2022
Highlight
To resolve a facial challenge, we need only interpret the challenged legislation and the relevant constitutional provisions to determine whether there is a conflict.
North Dakota law has long established that surface owners have a property interest in pore space.
Surface owners have a right to compensation for the use of their pore space for disposal and storage operations.
Government-authorized physical invasions of property constitute the “clearest sort of taking” and therefore are a per se taking.
A statute that strips surface owners of their right to possess, use, and exclude others from pore space within their lands and assigns that right to oil and gas operators without surface owners’ consent or compensation is a per se taking.
It is a fundamental principle that a statute may be constitutional in one part and unconstitutional in another part and that if the valid part is severable from the rest, the portion which is constitutional may stand.
42 U.S.C. § 1988 authorizes attorney’s fees to a prevailing challenger of a federal constitutional claim in state court against the state or a state official sued in his or her official capacity regardless of whether §§ 1983 and 1988 are expressly pled in the complaint.
Briefs
| Filing Date | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 11/08/2021 | APPELLANT BRIEF & ADDENDUM - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA | View |
| 11/08/2021 | APPELLANT BRIEF & ADDENDUM - CONTINENTAL RESOURCES | View |
| 01/21/2022 | APPELLEE BRIEF | View |
| 02/10/2022 | REPLY BRIEF & ADDENDUM - CONTINENTAL RESOURCES | View |
| 02/16/2022 | REPLY BRIEF - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA | View |
Counsel
| Party | Type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Todd Adam Sattler - 05718 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Alexander Karl Obrecht - 08346 |
| AMICUS CURIAE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Lawrence Bender - 03908 |
| APPELLANT | ATT. GENERAL OFFICE | Matthew Arnold Sagsveen - 05613 |
| APPELLEE | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Derrick Lance Braaten - 06394 |
| APPELLANT | PRIVATE PRACTICE | Not Licensed in ND - 00002 |
| APPELLANT | ATT. GENERAL OFFICE | Steven B. Nelson - 09212 |
(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)
| Seq. # | Filing Date | Description | Attachment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05/17/2021 | NOTICE OF APPEAL : 05/17/2021 | |
| 2 | 05/18/2021 | ANNOUNCED DISQUALIFICATION : VandeWalle, Gerald W. | |
| 3 | 05/20/2021 | Rec'd $125 filing fee | |
| 4 | 05/20/2021 | NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV. | |
| 5 | 05/20/2021 | Notice served on Matthew A. Sagsveen, David R. Phillips, Derrick L. Braaten, Alexander K. Obrecht, | |
| 6 | 05/20/2021 | L. Poe Leggett | |
| 7 | 05/24/2021 | MOTION FOR LEAVE TO CORRECT JUDGMENT AND STAY BRIEFING (AND REMAND) | |
| 8 | 05/28/2021 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted | |
| 9 | 05/28/2021 | ORDER OF REMAND | |
| 10 | 06/01/2021 | Briefing Schedule Stayed | |
| 11 | 06/01/2021 | Order/Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 12 | 06/01/2021 | Notice of Appearance of Alexander K. Obrecht and L. Poe Leggette on behalf of Continental Resources | |
| 13 | 06/01/2021 | Updated Affidavit from L. Poe Leggette for pro hac vice appearance | |
| 14 | 06/01/2021 | SECOND NOTICE OF APPEAL - CONTINENTAL RESOURCES | |
| 15 | 06/02/2021 | Notice served on Matthew A. Sagsveen, David R. Phillips, Derrick L. Braaten, Alexander K. Obrecht & | |
| 16 | 06/02/2021 | L. Poe Leggett | |
| 17 | 06/02/2021 | NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV. | |
| 18 | 06/07/2021 | MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF BY NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNCIL & | |
| 19 | 06/07/2021 | PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN ORAL ARGUMENT | |
| 20 | 06/08/2021 | ACTION BY CLERK (reqeust to particiapte in oral argument denied by Chief) - Granted | |
| 21 | 06/10/2021 | MOTION TO EXTEND STAY | |
| 22 | 06/10/2021 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE - Granted | |
| 23 | 06/10/2021 | ORDER OF REMAND | |
| 24 | 06/11/2021 | Briefing Schedule Stayed | |
| 25 | 06/11/2021 | Order/Judgment Sent to Parties | |
| 26 | 07/08/2021 | ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 7, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.1-213) | |
| 27 | 07/08/2021 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (Reset due to Remand) | |
| 28 | 07/08/2021 | ACTION BY CLERK (Reset due to Remand) - Granted : 08/09/2021 | |
| 29 | 07/14/2021 | AMENDED ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED JULY 13, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.1-19; 21-33; 35-214) | |
| 30 | 07/29/2021 | MOTION FOR STAY BY STATE APPELLANTS | |
| 31 | 08/02/2021 | Joinder in Motion for Stay by Continental Resources, Inc. | |
| 32 | 08/03/2021 | ORDER OF REMAND | |
| 33 | 08/03/2021 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (m/stay) - Granted | |
| 34 | 08/04/2021 | Briefing stayed pending remand | |
| 35 | 10/06/2021 | ELEC. RECORD ON APPEAL DATED OCTOBER 5, 2021 (ENTRY NOS.1-19, 21-33, 35-240) (RE-FILED) | |
| 36 | 10/07/2021 | AMENDED NOTICE OF APPEAL | |
| 37 | 10/07/2021 | NOT. OF FILING NOT. OF APPEAL AND PROOF OF SERV. | |
| 38 | 10/07/2021 | Notice served on Matthew A. Sagsveen, David R. Phillips, Alexander K. Obrecht, L. Poe Leggette, | |
| 39 | 10/07/2021 | Derrick L. Braaten, Lawrence Bender & Tanner J. Pearson | |
| 40 | 10/07/2021 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLANT BRIEF (RESET DUE TO REMAND) | |
| 41 | 10/07/2021 | ACTION BY CLERK (RESET DUE TO REMAND) - Granted : 11/08/2021 | |
| 42 | 10/26/2021 | MOTION TO FILE OVERLENGTH BRIEF (ATB - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA) | |
| 43 | 10/27/2021 | ACTION BY CLERK (overlength brief of up to 44 pages) - Granted | |
| 44 | 11/08/2021 | APPELLANT BRIEF & ADDENDUM - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA | View |
| 45 | 11/08/2021 | Oral Argument Request by Appellant - State of North Dakota | |
| 46 | 11/08/2021 | APPELLANT APPENDIX - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA | |
| 47 | 11/08/2021 | APPELLANT BRIEF & ADDENDUM - CONTINENTAL RESOURCES | View |
| 48 | 11/08/2021 | Oral Argument Request by Appellant - Continental Resources | |
| 49 | 11/08/2021 | AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF | View |
| 50 | 11/09/2021 | Rec'd non-substantive corrections to ATB-State (hard page breaks) & proof of service | |
| 51 | 11/09/2021 | Rec'd svc of ATB - Continental Resources on Amicus Curiae | |
| 52 | 11/10/2021 | Rec'd copies of ATB-Continental Recources from Central Duplicating | |
| 53 | 11/10/2021 | Rec'd copies of ATB-State &ATA from Central Duplicating | |
| 54 | 11/10/2021 | Rec'd copies of ACB from Central Duplicating | |
| 55 | 11/10/2021 | Rec'd $45.50 overage for ATA - State of North Dakota (Receipt #28280) | |
| 56 | 12/03/2021 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF | |
| 57 | 12/03/2021 | ACTION BY CLERK - Granted : 01/07/2022 | |
| 58 | 12/27/2021 | Notice of appearance of additional counsel to Appellant - Steven B. Nelson | |
| 59 | 01/06/2022 | MOT. EXT/TIME APPELLEE BRIEF AND FOR ADDITIONAL PAGES IN AEB | |
| 60 | 01/06/2022 | ACTION BY CHIEF JUSTICE (EXT. AND 6 ADDITIONAL PAGES GRANTED) - Granted : 01/21/2022 | |
| 61 | 01/21/2022 | APPELLEE BRIEF | View |
| 62 | 01/25/2022 | Rec'd copies of AEB from Central Duplicating | |
| 63 | 01/27/2022 | MOT. EXT/TIME REPLY BRIEF | |
| 64 | 01/27/2022 | ACTION BY CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK - Granted : 02/16/2022 | |
| 65 | 02/04/2022 | Non-compliant RYB rec'd (given until 2/11/22 to file compliant RYB) | |
| 66 | 02/10/2022 | REPLY BRIEF & ADDENDUM - CONTINENTAL RESOURCES | View |
| 67 | 02/15/2022 | Rec'd copies of RYB-Cont. Res. from Central Duplicating | |
| 68 | 02/15/2022 | NOTICE OF ORAL ARGUMENT SENT | |
| 69 | 02/15/2022 | Intent to Particpate in Oral Argument by Appellee | |
| 70 | 02/16/2022 | SITTING WITH THE COURT : Herauf, William A. | |
| 71 | 02/16/2022 | REPLY BRIEF - STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA | View |
| 72 | 02/17/2022 | Rec'd copies of RYB-State from Central Duplicating | |
| 73 | 03/03/2022 | Rec'd Notice of Substitution of Officeholder | |
| 74 | 03/15/2022 | Request for Radio/TV Coverage (The Bismarck Tribune) | |
| 75 | 03/15/2022 | ACTION BY CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK - Granted | |
| 76 | 03/18/2022 | Request for Radio/TV Coverage (Forum Communications) | |
| 77 | 03/18/2022 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT - Granted | |
| 78 | 03/24/2022 | APPEARANCES: Matthew A. Sagsveen, Alexander K. Obrecht, L. Poe Leggette, & Derrick L. Braaten | |
| 79 | 03/24/2022 | ARGUED: Matthew A. Sagsveen, L. Poe Leggette, & Derrick L. Braaten | |
| 80 | 03/24/2022 | ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST | |
| 81 | 08/04/2022 | DISPOSITION | |
| 82 | 08/04/2022 | UNANIMOUS OPINION : Tufte, Jerod E. | View |
| 83 | 08/04/2022 | BY ORDER OF THE COURT, COSTS ON APPEAL TAXED IN FAVOR OF APPELLEE | |
| 84 | 08/04/2022 | Judgment | View |
| 85 | 08/19/2022 | PETITION FOR REHEARING AND ADDENDUM | View |
| 86 | 08/22/2022 | Rec'd 3 copies of PER from CSD | |
| 87 | 08/24/2022 | MOTION FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES by Northwest Landowners Association | View |
| 88 | 08/25/2022 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (Petition for Reheraing) - Denied | View |
| 89 | 08/30/2022 | ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (Motion for Attorney's Fees) - Denied | |
| 90 | 09/09/2022 | MANDATE |