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McKENZIE COUNTY v. HODEL

Civ. No. 900286.

467 N.W.2d 701 (1991)

McKENZIE COUNTY, a municipal entity, Plaintiff, v. Donald HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, and Robert Burford, National Administrator of the Bureau of Land Management, and Marv LeNoue, Area Administrator of the Bureau of Land Management, and Cynthia L. Embretson, Chief Fluids Adjudication Section, United States Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

March 19, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Edward Johnson (argued), State's Atty., Watford City, for plaintiff.

Lynn C. Jordheim (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Attys. Office, Fargo, for defendants.

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

This case comes to us on certified questions of law from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota pursuant to Rule 47, N.D.R.App.P. At issue is a dispute between McKenzie County and various federal agencies and officials [hereinafter collectively referred to as the United States] over a 6¼% royalty interest in oil and gas production from land in McKenzie County.

As required by subdivision (c)(2) of Rule...

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