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BICE v. PETRO-HUNT, L.L.C.

No. 20080265.

768 N.W.2d 496 (2009)

2009 ND 124

Virginia BICE, Helen A. and Hillis J. Bice, Helen A. Bice Life Estate, Naomi Brew, Patricia Burian Ingman, Myran S. and Mary C. Burian, Estate of Steve Burian, Arnold and Sharon Burian, Connie F. Burian Heck, Jane Elizabeth Kiker, Elmer L. Glovatsky, Timothy Glovatsky, Shirley and Lawrence W. Jablonsky, Leo and Selina Kaiser, Russell L. Kiker, Russell L. Kiker Trust, Sally A. Kiker Trust, Ardyce Burian Palaniuk, Irene E. Scott Mineral Trust, Jane Scott, William D. and Agnes M. Scott, Ervin and Mildred Waldie, Gregory Lynn Waldie, Mary M. Weber, Martin A. Weber, Jerry Zabalotny, William D. Walters, Jr., Imperial Oil Company c/o William D. Walters, Jr., Lillian Hardcastle a/k/a Lillian Kaiser, Robert T. Smith, Carrie W. Smith, Plaintiffs and Appellants v. PETRO-HUNT, L.L.C., J.W. Beavers, Jr., as Trustee of William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen L. Anderson (argued), Norman, OK, Ronald H. McLean (on brief) and Jane L. Dynes (appeared), Serkland Law Firm, Fargo, ND, Marvin L. Kaiser (on brief), Kaiser Law Firm, Williston, ND, Michael J. Maus (appeared), Hardy, Maus & Nordsven, P.C., Dickinson, ND, for plaintiffs and appellants.

John W. Morrison, Jr. (argued), Crowley Fleck PLLP, Bismarck, ND, for defendants and appellees.

Debra L. Hoffarth (on brief), Pringle & Herigstad, Minot, ND, amicus curiae.

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] Plaintiffs, proceeding as a class, appeal from the district court's order granting Petro-Hunt, L.L.C., summary judgment. We affirm, concluding the district court did not err in granting Petro-Hunt summary judgment.

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[¶ 2] The Little Knife Field was discovered in 1976 by Gulf Oil Corporation ("Gulf"). In the late 1970s, Gulf built the Little Knife Gas Plant to process the sour casinghead gas produced from the Little...

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