RITTER, LABER AND ASSOCIATES v. KOCH OIL

No. 990204.

605 N.W.2d 153 (2000)

2000 ND 15

RITTER, LABER AND ASSOCIATES, INC., Eugene A. Burdick, and Russell L. Kiker, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. KOCH OIL, INC., A DIVISION OF KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC., and Charles Meduna, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Rehearing Denied February 28, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. McLean (argued), Serklund, Lundberg, Erickson, Marcil & McLean, Ltd., Fargo, ND, Marvin L. Kaiser, Kaiser Law Firm, Williston, ND, James J. Fetterly and Gary J. Gordon, Fetterly & Gordon, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for plaintiffs and appellees.

John W. Morrison (argued) and Shane A. Hanson, Fleck, Mather & Strutz, Ltd., Bismarck, ND, J. Kory Parkhurst (appeared) and David H. Luce, Koch Industries, Inc., Wichita, KS, for defendants and appellant.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Koch Oil and Charles Meduna, Koch's North Dakota assistant chief gauger ("Koch"), appealed from an order certifying a class action brought by a class of persons represented by Ritter Laber and Associates, Eugene Burdick and Russell Kiker ("Ritter") under Rule 23 of the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure. We remand with instructions.

[¶ 2] The class consists of all persons and entities owning royalty interests...

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