Legal Opinion

Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. v. Koch Oil, Inc.

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided January 21, 2000No. 990204PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Koch Oil and Charles Meduna, Koch’s North Dakota assistant chief gau-ger (“Koch”), appealed from an order certifying a class action brought by a class of persons represented by Ritter Laber and Associates, Eugene Burdick and Russell Kiker (“Ritter”) under Rule 23 of the North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure. We remand with instructions.

[¶2] The class consists of all persons and entities owning royalty interests and leasehold interests in wells from which Koch purchased or sold oil in the State of North Dakota between January 1975 through December 1988 where…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. ShuttsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Narum v. Faxx Foods, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Vignaroli v. Blue Cross of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1985
  4. Werlinger v. Champion Healthcare Corp.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Elizabethtown, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1983

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ritter, Laber & Associates, Inc. v. Koch Oil, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 2004
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