ZAVANNA, LLC v. GADECO, LLC

No. 20220265.

994 N.W.2d 133 (2023)

2023 ND 142

ZAVANNA, LLC, Plaintiff and Appellee v. GADECO, LLC; Continental Resources, Inc.; Defendants and Appellants and all other persons unknown claiming any estate or interest in, or line or encumbrance upon, the property described in the Complaint; Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Filed August 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deva A. Solomon (argued), Amber M. Moore (on brief), and David R. Little (on brief), Denver, Colorado, and Nicholas C. Grant (appeared), Dickinson, North Dakota, for plaintiff and appellee.

Colleen E. McKnight (argued) and Charles M. Seely (on brief), Houston, Texas; Robert T. Slovak (on brief) and Steven C. Lockhart (appeared), Dallas, Texas; and Diane M. Wehrman (on brief), Bismarck, North Dakota, for defendant and appellant GADECO, LLC.

James E. Dallner (argued), Parker, Colorado, and Phillip S. Lorenzo (on brief), Denver, Colorado, for defendant and appellant Continental Resources, Inc.


[¶1] GADECO, LLC, and Continental Resources, Inc. (together, "Defendants") appeal from a judgment quieting title in oil and gas leasehold interests in Zavanna, LLC. We affirm, concluding the district court did not err in concluding Defendants' leases terminated under their terms when production ceased and Defendants failed to...

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