North Dakota ranchers fought a pipeline company over compensation for easements across their land; after spending about $300,000 in legal costs, their fight over who pays those fees is heading to the US Supreme Court
Rocky Prestangen and Randy Stevenson (Photo: Institute for Justice, AI-enhanced image) A dispute over who should pay nearly $300,000 in legal expenses has brought a group of North Dakota ranchers and a natural gas pipeline company before the US Supreme Court. The ranchers had challenged the compensation offered for pipeline access across their properties and…