North Dakota ranchers fought a gas company’s pipeline easement and won $383,375 in legal costs, only to lose the award on appeal; their dispute is now headed to the US Supreme Court on November 9
North Dakota ranchers’ $383,375 legal fee dispute reaches US Supreme Court. (AI image) The US Supreme Court will hear a dispute on Monday over whether a private natural gas pipeline company must pay the legal expenses of landowners whose property it acquires through eminent domain.The case involves North Dakota rancher Leonard Hoffmann and his neighbours,…