A group of Oil Patch landowners argued a 2019 law illegally stripped away their property rights by allowing oil companies to avoid paying them for the use of underground rock cavities on their property.
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The state and a leading oil company are asking the North Dakota Supreme Court to reinstate a 2019 law governing the use of underground rock cavities, an area of increasing consequence to the state’s landowners and energy companies.