Bragg v. BURLINGTON RESOURCES OIL & GAS CO. LP

MARING, Justice.

[¶ 1] Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Company appeals from a district court’s summary judgment in favor of James Bragg and J. Michael Gleason. The district court held that a lis pendens in a prior action brought by Bragg and Gleason against Continental Resources precluded Burlington from claiming an interest in an oil and gas lease superior to the interest *483Bragg and Gleason received in settlement of their prior action against Continental. The oil and gas lease referred to as the “White Lease” was assigned to Burlington by Continental while the lis pendens was in effect.…