EOG RESOURCES, INC. v. SOO LINE R. CO.

No. 20140122.

867 N.W.2d 308 (2015)

2015 ND 187

EOG RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff and Appellee v. SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway, successor in interest to Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railway Company; G-4 LLC, Defendants, Third-Party Plaintiffs, and Appellants. and Jeannette E. Gere; Lori Whitten; Kim Rachford; Skaar-Risan, LLLP; Linda G. Johnson; Joel D. Johnson; and Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs v. Ralph A. Brendle, as Trustee of the Ralph A. Brendle Trust, Ralph A. Brendle Living Trust, Brendle Family LLLP, Arlene Sherven, Todd Sherven, Rick Sherven, Gladys Kirton, Alan L. Loen, AgriBank, FCB, Wallace L. Nelson and Mary Ann Nelson, individually, and as Trustees of the Nelson Family Trust, UDT 1/10/92, Cynthia M. Roberts a/k/a Cynthia Roberts, Jeannette E. Gere, Lori Whitten, Kim Rachford, Linda G. Johnson, Joel D. Johnson, Michael Johnson Trust, A.G. Andrikopoulos, AgriBank, FCB, Solomonson Family Mineral Trust, Donna and Jerry Lyon, David and Doreene Pusc, Michael and Lorna Pusc, Steven and Collette Pusc, Diana and Frank Wollschlager, Panther Creek (James Simmons, Presco, Inc., Fred and Joyce Evans, Paladin Resources, Inc.), Dean and Sharon Solomonson, Richard W. Frazier, 1477521 Alberta Ltd, Donald Nelson, Karolyn Nelson, Timothy Nelson, John Zimmerman, Thomas Miller Gordon, Robert Crawford, and all other persons unknown and claiming any estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the property described in the Cross-Claim of the Defendant G-4, LLC, Third-Party Defendants, and Roger Wollschlager and Amanda Olson, as Trustees of the Betsy Amanda Wollschlager Trust, Solveigm Swendsend, Roger Stenerson, Joan Stenerson, Cynthia M. Roberts, Lovila Krueger, Herbert Krueger, Roger Wollschlager, as Trustee of the Wollschlager Irrevocable Trust, Risan Limited Partnership, State of North Dakota, Thomas T. Ritter, John D. Larue, as Trustee of the Stamford Minerals Organization, Roger Wollschlager and Blane Wollschlager, individually, and as Co-Trustees of the Betsy Amanda "Betty" Wollschlager Irrevocable Trust, Skaar-Risan LLLP, Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, Berry Ventures, Henry and Lorie Gordon, A.G Andrikopoulos Resources, Inc., Alicia Johnson, Mark Johnson, Wollschlager Irrevocable Mineral Trust, Ryan Family Mineral Trust, Kootenani Resources, Strata Resources, Michael S. Johnson Management One LLC, Michael S. Johnson Management Two LLC, Third-Party Defendants and Appellees, G-4, LLC, Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Cassioppi (argued), Minneapolis, Lawrence Bender (appeared) and Danielle M. Krause (on brief), Bismarck, N.D., for plaintiff and appellee EOG Resources, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and third-party defendants Berry Ventures, Inc., Strata Resources Inc., Michael S. Johnson Management One LLC, Michael S. Johnson Management Two LLC, Mark Johnson, Alicia Johnson, Henry Gordon, Lori Gordon, A.G. Andrikopoulos Resources, Inc., Ryan Family Mineral Partnership, and Kootenani Resources.

Janilyn K. Murtha (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Bismarck, N.D., and Hope Lisa Hogan (on brief), Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Bismarck, N.D., for third-party defendant and appellee State of North Dakota.

Richard P. Olson (on brief) and Andrew T. Forward (on brief), Minot, N.D., for appellee Skaar-Risan LLLP, and third-party defendants and appellees Risan Limited Partnership, Solveig Swendseid, Roger Stenerson, Joan Stenerson, Cynthia M. Roberts, Lovila Krueger, Herbert Krueger, John D. Larue as Trustee of the Stamford Minerals Organization and Thomas T. Ritter.

Michael J. Maus (on brief), N.D., and Christina M. Wenko (on brief), Dickinson, N.D., for third-party defendants and appellees Roger Wollschlager and Amanda Olson, as trustees of the Betsy Amanda Wollschlager trust; Roger Wollschlager, as trustee of the Wollschlager Irrevocable trust; Roger Wollschlager and Blane Wollschlager, individually and as co-trustees of the Betsy Amanda "Betty" Wollschlager irrevocable trust; and the Wollschlager irrevocable mineral trust.

Amy M. Oster (on brief) and Brian R. Bjella (on brief), Bismarck, N.D., for Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation.

Jon R. Brakke (argued) and Whitney M. Irish (on brief), Fargo, N.D., for appellant G-4, LLC.

Donald T. Campbell (argued) and Nathan E. Endrud (appeared), Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant, third-party plaintiff and appellant Soo Line Railroad Company, d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway, successor in interest to Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railway Company.

Michael C. McCarthy and Jesse D. Mondry , Minneapolis, Minn., for amicus curiae BNSF Railway Company.


[¶ 1] Soo Line Railroad Company and G-4, LLC appeal from a summary judgment declaring Soo Line does not own an interest in the minerals in and under certain Mountrail County property and G-4 does not hold a valid leasehold interest in the property. Soo Line and G-4 argue the district court erred in finding seven private deeds...

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