Legal Opinion
Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. v. Koch Oil, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 2001No. 20000224PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMANN, Justice.
[¶ 1] Koch Oil and Charles Meduna, Koch’s North Dakota assistant chief gau-ger, (“Koch”) appealed from an order certifying a class action under N.D.R.Civ.P. 23, brought by a class of persons represented by Ritter, Laber and Associates, Eugene Burdick, and Russell Kiker (“Rit-ter”). We affirm.
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[¶ 2] The class consists of approximately 6,000 unidentified owners of royalty and leasehold interests in approximately 2,300 oil wells in North Dakota. Koch purchased or sold oil from the wells between January 1, 1975 and December 1988, and measured the oil by hand gauging. The class…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Richardson v. ByrdCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Boucher v. Syracuse UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- Knowles v. War Damage CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Klagues v. Maintenance EngineeringNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002
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