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William S. Wilkinson, et al. v. Board of University and School Lands of North Dakota, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of North Dakota, No. 20220037 · judgment November 10, 2022
Certiorari denied · April 17, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the North Dakota Supreme Court erred in finding the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not require just compensation when the State of North Dakota claimed title to, and leased private oil and gas interests for over a decade, which the North Dakota Supreme Court ultimately held the State did not own?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Monte L. Rogneby
Vogel Law Firm
For respondent
Jennifer Leigh Verleger
North Dakota Office of the Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 17 2023Petition DENIED.
- Mar 22 2023DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2023.
- Feb 28 2023Waiver of right of respondents Brigham Oil & Gas, LLP; Statoil Oil & Gas, LP to respond filed.
- Feb 27 2023Waiver of right of respondents The Board of University and School Lands of the State of North Dakota, et al. to respond filed.
- Feb 08 2023Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 15, 2023)