8th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Class Action Case Over Mining Rights

Mealey's (June 24, 2015, 10:53 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A panel of the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 12 affirmed the dismissal of a class action lawsuit over the leasing of oil and gas mining rights on the Fort Berthold Reservation, saying that the United States was a required party to the case, which could not be joined (Ramona Two Shields, et al. v. Spencer Wilkinson Jr., et al., No. 13-3773, 8th Cir.)....