MIKKELSON LAND, LLLP v. CONTINENTAL RESOURCES

No. 23-2628.

108 F.4th 1042 (2024)

MIKKELSON LAND, LLLP, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 23, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant and appeared on the brief was Aaron James Weber, of Watford City, ND. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Ariston E. Johnson, of Watford City, ND., and Scott Wilson, of Minneapolis, MN.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee and appeared on the brief was Jon-William Nathaniel James, of Fort Worth, TX. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Andrew Duncan Sims, of Fort Worth, TX., Russell Rhea Barton, of Fort Worth, TX.

Before GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns the interpretation of a Surface Use Agreement (SUA) executed between Mikkelson Land, LLLP, and Continental Resources, Inc., which governed Continental's use of Mikkelson's land for its oil and gas operations. The parties dispute whether the SUA gave Continental the authority to lay water pipeline across...

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