APACHE CORP. v. MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC.

No. 990143.

603 N.W.2d 891 (1999)

1999 ND 247

APACHE CORPORATION and Snyder Oil Corporation, now named Santa Fe Snyder Corporation, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. MDU RESOURCES GROUP, INC. (formerly known as Montana-Dakota Utilities Company), and Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, Inc., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

December 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred C. Rathert, Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L., Williston, N.D., for plaintiffs and appellants.

Daniel S. Kuntz, Zuger Kirmis & Smith, Bismarck, N.D., for defendants and appellees. Appearance by James S. Hill.

Albert J. Hardy, Dickinson, N.D., for amicus curiae.


KAPSNER, Justice.

[¶ 1] Apache Corporation and Snyder Oil Corporation appealed a judgment dismissing their action against MDU Resources Group, Inc., and Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, Inc. We conclude Apache Corporation and Snyder Oil Corporation did not show they were third-party beneficiaries of other parties' contracts or show unjust enrichment, and we affirm.

[¶ 2] Montana-Dakota Utilities Company (known as MDU Resources Group,...

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