Legal Opinion
Lonesome Dove Petroleum, Inc. v. John H. Holt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2018No. 16-3467; 16-3611PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
In 2004, Lonesome Dove, through its president, Brett Boedecker, formed a plan with John Holt to take advantage of the booming oil business in the Bakken region of North Dakota. Holt and Boedecker, along with two investors, intended to acquire oil and gas leases in Mountrail County and sell them for a profit. After they completed a successful round of acquisitions in 2005, Holt and the investors began excluding Boedecker from any new acquisitions. Lonesome Dove filed this lawsuit in 2012 and Holt moved for partial summary judgment on the following claims: 1) breach of a…
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