SDIF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 2 v. TENTEXKOTA, LLC

No. 17-CV-01002-CBK.

SDIF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 2, a South Dakota Limited Partnership; Plaintiff, v. TENTEXKOTA, LLC, a South Dakota Limited Liability Company; W. KENNETH ALPHIN, TIMOTHY J. CONRAD, MICHAEL R. GUSTAFSON, GEORGE D. MITCHELL, DALE MORRIS, MARC W. OSWALD, RONALD W. WHEELER, and DWIGHT P. WILES, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs, v. JOOP BOLLEN, SDRC, INC., SD INVESTMENT FUND LLC2, and JOHN DOE 1-75, Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Northern Division.

September 5, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 2201
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)
Nature of Suit: 190 Contract: Other Contract
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SDIF Limited Partnership 2, Plaintiff, represented by Haven L. Stuck , Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, PC.

SDIF Limited Partnership 2, Plaintiff, represented by Gene N. Lebrun , Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, PC.

Tentexkota, LLC, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

W. Kenneth Alphin, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Timothy J. Conrad, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Michael R. Gustafson, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

George D. Mitchell, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Dale Morris, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Marc W. Oswald, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Ronald W. Wheeler, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Dwight P. Wiles, Defendant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Tentexkota, LLC, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

W. Kenneth Alphin, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Timothy J. Conrad, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Michael R. Gustafson, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

George D. Mitchell, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Dale Morris, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Marc W. Oswald, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Ronald W. Wheeler, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Dwight P. Wiles, ThirdParty Plaintiff, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Joop Bollen, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Jeffrey T. Sveen , Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P. & Julie Dvorak , Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P..

SDRC, Inc., ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Jeffrey T. Sveen , Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P. & Julie Dvorak , Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P..

SD Investment Fund LLC2, ThirdParty Defendant, represented by Jeffrey T. Sveen , Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P. & Julie Dvorak , Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, L.L.P..

Tentexkota, LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Timothy J. Conrad, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Dwight P. Wiles, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Dale Morris, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Ronald W. Wheeler, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Michael R. Gustafson, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

Marc W. Oswald, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

W. Kenneth Alphin, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

George D. Mitchell, Counter Claimant, represented by Ashley M. Miles-Holtz , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, John R. Hinrichs , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Kasey L. Olivier , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP, Mark F. Marshall , Bangs McCullen Law Firm, Robert M. Ronayne , Ronayne & Cogley PC & Scott N. Heidepriem , Heidepriem, Purtell & Siegel, LLP.

SDIF Limited Partnership 2, Counter Defendant, represented by Haven L. Stuck , Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, PC & Gene N. Lebrun , Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, PC.


ORDER ON MOTIONS

BACKGROUND

This lawsuit arises out of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service's ("USCIS") E5 Lawful Permanent Resident Visa Program established by the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-649 §121, 104 Stat 4978, codified at 8 U.S.C. § 1153(b)(5).

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