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 eventually reached a settlement.
- However, an appeals court later ruled that the company was not responsible for their legal costs.
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- 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 eventually reached a settlement.
- However, an appeals court later ruled that the company was not responsible for their legal costs.
Sources: Times of India