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AASMUNDSTAD v. STATE

No. 20080018.

757 N.W.2d 543 (2008)

2008 ND 206

Blake AASMUNDSTAD; Duane J. Armstrong; Gary Armstrong; Helen Armstrong; Pamela J. Armstrong; Jason Bednarz; Karen (Brenda) Bednarz; Ruddy Binfet; Edward Brown; George A. Brown, Jr.; Rodney J. Brown; Ronald J. Capp; R.A. Charlton; Barry D. Cox; Judy M. Cox; Margaret R. Cox; Jean K. Davis; Mary E. Dion; Lyle G. Dykhoff; Julie Englerth; Larry Englerth; Mary Englerth; Donna Estenson; Larry Estenson; Genevieve Foss; David Gorham; Constance Haugen; Rodger E. Haugen; Elaine F. Heisler; Ronald D. Heisler; Edval Helle, Jr.; Randy Helle; Merle Henke; Nicole Henke; Ardon L. Herman; Audrey Herman; Eileen Herman; Reginal K. Herman; Duane Howard; Floyd Howard; Orpha Howard; Lyle Huffman; Mavis Huffman; Joe E. Jager; Rose Ann Jager; Edna Kenner; Lloyd Kenner; Douglas Ketterling; Anna E. Knudson; Bjarne J. Knudson; John Knudson; Penelope Knudson; Donald Konzak; Gregory Konzak; Karin Konzak; Kathleen E. a/k/a Kathleen E. Lerick; Mary Konzak; Mavis Konzak; Peter Konzak; Leo Konzak Trust; Julian Kostecki; Boyd LaFleur; Richard LaFleur; Gregory Maddock; Marvin Logan Ranch, LLC — Elizabeth Gjellstad and Gary Hegland; Carole Mattern; Donald Mattern; Dennis L. Melland; Gail Melland; Jacqueline Melland; Rodney Melland; Donald Mertens d/b/a Lake Region Bait Ranch; Mertens Farm Partnership (Robert Mertens, Dennis Mertens, Henry Mertens, Jr., Thomas Mertens, Timothy Mertens); Mary Nicholson; North Shore, Inc.; Alice Rassier; Jacob Roemmich; Carol Rohr; Arthur Rohr; Gerald Schmidt; Linda Schmidt; Rick A. Schwab; Gordon Shafer; Helen Shafer; Lillian Shafer; Richard Schafer; Jan Shelver; Clark A. Steinhaus; Lois Steinhaus; Stromme Brothers (Lloyd Stromme and Floyd Stromme); TBH Farms (Allan Thompson, Yvonne Thompson, Richard LaFleur, Shirley LaFleur, Boyd LaFleur and Susan LaFleur); Allan Thompson; Karen Tollefson; Kenneth D. Tollefson; James P. Wang; Daniel M. Webster; Doreen Webster; Carol Weed; Monte Weed; Raymond Weed; Darlene Wold; Myron Wold; and Marjorie Wood, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. STATE of North Dakota, North Dakota State Water Commission, North Dakota State Engineer, Ramsey County Water Resources District, Benson County Water Resources District, Towner County Water Resources District, Cavalier County Water Resources District, Rolette County Water Resources District, Pierce County Water Resources District, Nelson County Water Resources District, Walsh County Water Resources District, and Devils Lake Joint Water Resources District, and the officers, members, employees and agents of each in their official capacities, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

November 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary R. Leistico (argued) and Nicholas R. Delaney (appeared), of Rinke Noonan, St. Cloud, MN, for plaintiffs and appellants.

Matthew Arnold Sagsveen (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Bismarck, ND, for defendants and appellees State of North Dakota, North Dakota State Water Commission, and North Dakota State Engineer.

Howard D. Swanson (appeared), of Letnes, Marshall, Swanson & Warcup, Ltd., Grand Forks, ND, for defendants and appellees Ramsey County Water Resources District and Devils Lake Joint Water Resources District.

Ronald F. Fischer (argued) and Daniel L. Gaustad (appeared), of Pearson, Christensen & Clapp, PLLP, Grafton, ND, for defendants and appellees Benson County Water Resources District, Towner County Water Resources District, Cavalier County Water Resources District, Rolette County Water Resources District, Pierce County Water Resources District, Nelson County Water Resources District, and Walsh County Water Resources District.

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Approximately 100 owners of land near Devils Lake ("landowners") appeal from a district court judgment dismissing their inverse condemnation claims against nine water resource districts in the upper Devils Lake drainage basin and against the State, the State Engineer, and the State Water Commission ("defendants"). The landowners claim 15 government drainage projects in the Devils Lake drainage basin proximately caused flooding of their...

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