North Dakota Waives Response To Supreme Court Petition About Mineral Rights

(February 4, 2021, 3:19 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state of North Dakota on Jan. 12 filed a waiver of response in the U.S. Supreme Court related to a petition filed by residents who say the North Dakota Supreme Court’s ruling that the mineral rights in the expanded bed of the Missouri River do not belong to the state, a decision that affects 96,000 mineral acres worth $2 billion, was in error....