Legal Opinion
North Dakota Ex Rel. Stenehjem v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2015No. 14-1785PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLLOTON, Circuit Judge.
Three nonprofit environmental groups moved to intervene in a quiet title action concerning ownership of portions of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands. The district court 1 denied their motion, and the groups appeal. We conclude that the groups were not entitled to intervene as of right, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying permissive intervention.
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Four North Dakota counties — Billings County, Golden Valley County, McKenzie County, and Slope County — sued the United States in the district court under the Quiet Title Act of 1972, 28 U.S.C. § 2409a.…
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