North Dakota Rancher's Land at Heart of Supreme Court Case

North Dakota landowners argue property rights dispute before US Supreme Court

A group of northwest North Dakota landowners urged U.S. Supreme Court justices Monday to find that they should be reimbursed for legal costs they paid in a land dispute with a pipeline company. Natural gas pipeline developer WBI Energy used federal eminent domain to take portions of the McKenzie County landowners’ properties in 2018. The […]

North Dakota rancher's land at heart of Supreme Court case

The company WBI energy sought to purchase land from farmers and ranchers in North Dakota using the federal government's power of eminent domain.

Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Inmate Medical Care Suits and Pipeline Landowner Fees

From Hawaii to North Dakota, Monday’s oral arguments will test the limits of federal authority.

U.S. Supreme Court justices push back on ranchers' argument in pipeline case

U.S. Supreme Court justices pushed back on the argument of lawyers for North Dakota ranchers in a case about whether a private company has to pay legal fees in an eminent domain case. The high court on Monday, Nov. 9, heard the case of Hoffmann v. WBI. In that case, WBI Energy, a pipeline company, used eminent domain to obtain land from McKenzie County ranchers, including Leonard and Denae Hoffmann, Randall Stevenson and Rocky Prestangen. The ra…

US Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Nielsen v. Watanabe and Hoffmann v. WBI Energy Transmission Inc.

Watch Live coverage of oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court at 10 a.m. ET on Nov. 9, as justices hear two important cases addressing constitutional rights, federal authority, and property rights. Case 1: Nielsen v. Watanabe (No. 25-417) This case concerns whether a federal prisoner can sue a federal prison medical staff member for […]