NORTH DAKOTA WORKERS COMPENSATION BUREAU and Empire Oil Company, Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
GENERAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION; NBB Energy Partners I, L.P.; Raymond T. Duncan Oil Properties, Ltd; JEM Trust dated 2/09/93; Corlena Oil Company; KO-OP XVI, RTD; Petroro Corporation; Vincent Joseph Duncan Trust; Meyer Oil Properties; DKD Petroleum, LLC; James R. Oltmans, II; Sally Jane Oltmans; Patricia J. Barnett; Pangloss Oil Partners, LLC; Nomura Babcock & Brown Energy Corporation; Raymond F. Sebastian; MCNIC Oil & Gas Properties, Inc.; Pin Point Partners; Providence Energy Corp.; DEN Trust c/o Duncan Energy Co.; Timothy L. Smith; Bruce E. Johnston; Susan E. Johnston; Leon R. Bailey; Susan G. Bailey; Van Z. Spence; Susan K. Spence; D-T Company; David R. Duncan; Kevin V. Duncan; Leanne J. Paez Duncan; John V. Cestia; Brenda A. Cestia; Robert C. Lentz; Linda L. Lentz; William S. Fallin; Judith L. Fallin; John A. Bettridge; Elizabeth S. Bettridge; Gene R. Carlson; Cynthia L. Carlson; the City of Dickinson; Park District for the City of Dickinson; Burlington Resources; Duncan Oil Partners; Raymond T. Duncan, Trustee of the Raymond Twomey Duncan Trust; Lodgepole, LLC; Raymond T. Duncan; Electra Energy Company; CoEnergy Rockies, Inc., Defendants and Appellees,
The Industrial Commission of North Dakota, acting as the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency, an agency of the State of North Dakota; John J. Gulka; Marion R. Gulka; Earl J. Quick; Ruth A. Quick; Reinhold Mayer, Jr. a/k/a Reinhold Mayer; Gertrude Mayer; Diane Hatzenbuehler; Rodney A. Praus; Raynald Praus; Laura F. Praus; Marvin Morel; Judy Morel; Northern Energy Corporation; W.H. Champion; American Royalty Corp.; Lonesome Dove Petroleum, Inc.; Gregory E. Garstang; and U.S. Bank National Association, Defendants.
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December 7, 2000.
December 7, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kent A. Reierson (argued), McKennett Stenehjem Reierson Forsberg & Hermanson, P.C., Williston, for plaintiff and appellant Empire Oil Company.
Anne Jorgenson Green (appeared), Special Assistant Attorney General, North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau, Bismarck, for plaintiff and appellant North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau.
Lawrence A. Bender (argued), Pearce & Durick, Bismarck, for defendants and appellees NBB Energy Partners I, L.P., Raymond T. Duncan Oil Properties, Ltd, JEM Trust dated 2/09/93, Corlena Oil Company, KO-OP XVI, RTD, Petroro Corporation, Vincent Joseph Duncan Trust, Meyer Oil Properties, DKD Petroleum, LLC, James R. Oltmans, II, Sally Jane Oltmans, Patricia J. Barnett, Pangloss Oil Partners, LLC, Nomura Babcock & Brown Energy Corporation, Raymond F. Sebastian, MCNIC Oil & Gas Properties, Inc., Pin Point Partners, Providence Energy Corp., DEN Trust c/o Duncan Energy Co., Timothy L. Smith, Bruce E. Johnston, Susan E. Johnston, Leon R. Bailey, Susan G. Bailey, Van Z. Spence, Susan K. Spence, D-T Company, David R. Duncan, Kevin V. Duncan, Leanne J. Paez Duncan, John V. Cestia, Brenda A. Cestia, Robert C. Lentz, Linda L. Lentz, William S. Fallin, Judith L. Fallin, John A. Bettridge, Elizabeth S. Bettridge, Gene R. Carlson, and Cynthia L. Carlson.
Timothy A. Priebe, Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, PC, Dickinson, for defendant and appellee the City of Dickinson.
Craig C. Smith, Fleck, Mather & Strutz, Bismarck, for defendant and appellee Burlington Resources.
Albert J. Hardy, Hardy, Maus & Nordsven, for defendant and appellee General Investment Corporation; and Mary E. Nordsven, Dickinson, for defendant and appellee Park District for the City of Dickinson.
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
MARING, Justice.
[¶ 1] The North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau ("the Bureau") and Empire Oil Company ("Empire") have appealed a judgment ruling parties claiming a mineral interest in certain land through the Bureau "have no estate, right, title, lien or interest in title to the mineral estate and mineral leasehold estate in those lands," and quieting title to the subject lands in General Investment Corporation and the other defendants in the action. We conclude...
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