NORTH DAKOTA EX REL. STENEHJEM v. U.S.

No. 14-1785.

787 F.3d 918 (2015)

NORTH DAKOTA, ex rel., Wayne STENEHJEM, Attorney General for the State of North Dakota, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, Badlands Conservation Alliance; Sierra Club; National Parks Conservation Association, Movants-Appellants. Billings County, North Dakota; Golden Valley County, North Dakota; McKenzie County, North Dakota; Slope County, North Dakota, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. United States of America, Defendant-Appellee, Badlands Conservation Alliance; Sierra Club; National Parks Conservation Association, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Robert Baca , argued ( Todd D. True , on the brief), Seattle, WA, for Movants-Appellants.

Constance Brooks, argued, Denver, CO (Danielle Hagen Denver, CO, Matthew A Sagsveen , Bismarck, ND, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Emily Anne Polachek , argued, Washington ( Michael T. Gray , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Jacksonville, FL, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before LOKEN, BEAM, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


Three nonprofit environmental groups moved to intervene in a quiet title action concerning ownership of portions of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. The district court1 denied their motion, and the groups appeal. We conclude that the groups were not entitled to intervene as of right, and

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