US Supreme Court to hear North Dakota property rights case

By: Mary Steurer

Outlets: North Dakota Monitor

Published: July 20, 2026

Words: 710

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to answer whether a group of McKenzie County landowners is entitled to attorney fees from a pipeline company.

The lawsuit stems from the landowners’ yearslong legal battle with WBI Energy after the company used eminent domain to take a portion of their properties for a pipeline project in 2018. The federal Natural Gas Act allows companies to take land for public natural gas infrastructure so long as landowners are …

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