101 Ranch v. United States

LARSON, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff 101 Ranch, a North Dakota partnership, appeals from a judgment in favor of the United States in a quiet title action brought by plaintiff pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2409a. Plaintiff owns land adjacent to the West Bay of Devils Lake, a navigable body of water located in northeastern North Dakota. As an incident of statehood in 1889, North Dakota acquired title to the bed of Devils Lake, which it conveyed to the United States in 1971. Plaintiff seeks to quiet title in lands which are now a part of the lakebed, arguing title vested in plaintiff as a result of…