North Dakota Intentional Interference with Contractual relations Law

State of North Dakota v. Shawnee Lynn Krall

Minot, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ntentional or knowing murder. ¶1] Shawnee Krall appeals an amended criminal judgment after a jury found him guilty of intentional or knowing murder of Alice Queirolo. We conclude the State presented sufficient evidence for a jury to find Krall guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We further conclude the distric... More...

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State of North Dakota v. Kareem Lee Byrd, Jr.

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intentional and knowing murder. Defendant sought post-conviction relief, which was denied.... More...

$0 (04-02-2025 - ND)

Northstar Center, LLC v. Lukenbill Family Partnership, L.L.L.P.

<h2> Williston, North Dakota breach of contract lawyers represented the parties. </h2> Northstar filed a breach of contract claim against Lukenbill; granted Northstar summary judgment on its intentional interference with contract claim against Tundra; granted Lukenbill summary judgment on Lukenbill's indemnification claim against Tundra; and denied Tundra summary judgment on Tundr... More...

$0 (11-21-2024 - ND)

Chase Toulou v. Chippewa Resources Incorporated

Minot, North Dakota employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory under 29 U.S.C. 206, et seq., which provide: (a) Employees engaged in commerce; home workers in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands; employees in American Samoa; seamen on American vessels; agricultural employeesEvery employer shall pay to each of his emplo... More...

$0 (09-08-2023 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Arthur Prince Kollie

Fargo, North Dakota criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with intentional, knowing or with extreme indifference murder of a child, robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. Arthur Kollie was accused of killing Jupiter Paulsen outside Party City in Fargo.... More...

$0 (09-15-2022 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Robert John Pulkrabek

<center><h2><fontcolor="red> Bismarck, ND - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a terrorizing and disorderly conduct charge. </h2></center></center> In 2015, Pulkrabek was charged with terrorizing, threatening public servants, menacing, and disorderly conduct. On the day of the trial a pre-trial conference was held in chambe... More...

$0 (06-08-2022 - ND)

United States of America v. Abbot William Aho

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery. Abbot William Aho was charged with interference with commerce by threats or violence robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951, which provides: (a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or ext... More...

$0 (04-12-2022 - ND)

Viviana J. Lovett v. Antonio R. Lovett

<center><h3><h3> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing an order denying to modify primary residential responsibility for the children. </h3></center> Viviana Lovett and Antonio Lovett divorced in 2018 and have two minor children together. The divorce judgment, which adopted the parties' stipul... More...

$0 (04-09-2022 - ND)

Samantha Margaret Anne Canerdy v. Jason Andrew Canerdy and State of North Dakota

<center><h3><h3> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing from an order denying his motion for contempt and to modify primary residential responsibility. </h3></center> Jason Canerdy and Samantha Canerdy were divorced in June 2020. The parties share two minor children. The judgment awarded Samantha Ca... More...

$0 (04-09-2022 - ND)

Amy M. Axtman v. Myron A. Axtman

<center><h3><h2> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant contesting distribution of marital property. </h3></center> This is an appeal from a divorce action that was commenced in 2017. The only issue was division of the parties' marital property. Included as part of the parties' marital property was Myron Axtm... More...

$0 (02-01-2022 - ND)

Steven Mark Orwig v. Mary Caroline Orwig

<center><h3><h2> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented appelant with a divorce judgment distributing the parties' property. </h3></center> In September 2016, Steven Orwig sued Mary Orwig for divorce. They coowned Orwig's Livestock Supplements, Inc. ("OLSâ€); Orwigs Tubs International, Inc. ("OTIâ€); and MVP... More...

$0 (02-01-2022 - ND)

Michael R. Pomarleau v. Tanya M. Pomarleau

<center><h3><h2> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a divorce judgment and amended divorce judgment. </h3></center> Michael Pomarleau and Tanya Pomarleau were married in 1999 and have three children. In June 2018, the parties separated. In December 2020, following a trial, the distric... More...

$0 (01-26-2022 - ND)

United States of America v. Josiah Thomas Aguilar

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery. Josiah Thomas Aguilar, age 21, Dilworth, MN, was charged with two counts of Interference with Commerce by Threats and Violence â€“ Hobbs Act Robbery; Use of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and Distribute Controlled Subs... More...

$0 (12-13-2021 - ND)

United States of America v. Harleigh Josette Haugen

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery. Harleigh Josette Haugen, age 20, Fargo, ND, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Robbery. Investigation revealed that from May and continuing through June 2019, Haugen and Jordan Daniel Kraft, age 21, Fargo, ND, conspired with a group of young males and females to rob custo... More...

$0 (11-15-2021 - ND)

United States of America v. Rufus E. Dennis

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of Attempted Interference with Interstate Commerce by way of Robbery, one count of possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of felon in possession of a firearm due to his prior murder conviction and one count of possession of a stolen weapon. Rufus E. Dennis, ... More...

$0 (08-06-2021 - ND)

Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton v. State of North Dakota

<center><h2> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton with aggravated assault, interference with an emergency call, and felonious restraint charges. </h2></center> We described the evidence presented to the jury in State v. Pemberton, 2019 ND 157, ¶¶ 2-7, 930 N.W.2d 125, and we will not repeat those facts here... More...

$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Steven Donald Aune

<center><h2> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Steven Donald Aune with arguing the jury's verdict was inconsistent and the district court relied on an impermissible sentencing factor, rendering his sentence illegal.</h2></center> On May 1, 2019, Aune's adult twin daughters were both living at his home. One of the daughters had be... More...

$0 (01-23-2021 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Garett James Casatelli

<center><h2> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Garett Casatelli with appealing from a corrected criminal judgment after he entered a conditional guilty plea to the charge of actual physical control of a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater.</h2></center> On October 3, 2019, two Burleigh County d... More...

$0 (01-23-2021 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Rolando Rodriguez

<center><h2> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented with appealing from a criminal judgment after a jury found him guilty of gross sexual imposition, burglary, terrorizing, and domestic violence assault.</h2></center> Rodriguez was charged with gross sexual imposition, burglary, terrorizing, intentional interference with a telepho... More...

$0 (01-12-2021 - ND)

Michael Allen Truelove v. State of North Dakota

Bismarck, ND - Terrorizing, Aggravated Assault, Gross Sexual Imposition, Interference with a telephone During an Emergency Call. <center> <table> <td> <img width="400" src=" https://www.nd.gov/docr/offenderlkup/images/47455.jpg"> </td> </table> <h1> </h1> </center> [¶2] Truelove was charged with terrorizing, aggravated... More...

$0 (09-10-2020 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Kelvin Antone McAllister

<center><h1> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a>VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services Call 918-582-6422 Today </h1></center> The State charged McAllister with aggravated assault on September 19, 2018. The district court ... More...

$0 (04-02-2020 - ND)

Ladd R. Erickson, State’s Attorney v. Raymond J. Voisine

<center><h2> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for a sexually dangerous individual in South Dakota? Call 918-582-6422. It's Free. </h2> </center> “In 2004, Voisine was incarcerated after he pled guilty to gross sexual imposition for acts involving a six-year-old victim.” Interest of Voisine, 2018 ND 181, ¶ 2, 915... More...

$0 (01-05-2020 - ND)

Benjamin William Vandewarker v. Continental Resources, Inc.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"> </center> Benjamin Vandewarker, an employee of Great Western Resources (Great Western), appeals the district court’s grant 1 of summary judgment to Continental Resources, Inc. (Continental), dismissing Vandewarker’s personal injury action against Continental. Having jurisdiction purs... More...

$0 (02-27-2019 - ND)

Houston Casualty Company v. Strata Corporation

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/fargooutsidelookingup_1345405815450131553_1448293187413.png"> </center> Strata Corporation appeals the district court’s1 order granting summary judgment to its excess insurer Houston Casualty Company and denying its crossmotion for summary judgment. We affirm. In July 2012, Strata employee Pete... More...

$0 (02-09-2019 - ND)

Joe R. Whatley v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Joe Whatley, Trustee of the wrongful death claimants' trust (WD Trust),appeals the district court's order finding that his claim under the CarmackAmendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11706, against Canadian Pacific Railway was untimely. Wereverse and remand for further proceedings. I.BACKGROUND On June 29, 2013, a train carrying crude oil left New Town, North Dakota,destined for an oil refinery near Sa... More...

$0 (09-18-2018 - ND)

Haruna Muntari Giwa, a.k.a. Harona Montari Giwa v. State of North Dakota

Giwa pleaded guilty to interference with a telephone during an emergency call, and the district court entered the criminal judgment on November 17, 2015. Giwa is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. Giwa was paroled into the United States in November 2014. On February 11, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") terminated Giwa's parole status. According to Giwa's cou... More...

$0 (10-29-2017 - ND)

Joni Tillich, Nichole LaFloe, Shawn Marcellais, Lisa DeCoteau, and Lynn Boughey v. Don Bruce, Vinier "Poin" Davis, and Linda Davis

[¶1] Don Bruce, Vinier Davis, and Linda Davis ("Defendants") appeal from a judgment granting their motion to dismiss and denying their request for attorney fees. We reverse the district court's denial of the Defendants' request for attorney fees under N.D.C.C. § 28-26-01(2) and remand for calculation of attorney fees based upon accepted factors and order the district court award attorney fees to... More...

$0 (02-16-2017 - ND)

Darwin and Jean Krenz v. XTO Energy, Inc.

[¶1] XTO Energy, Inc., appeals and Darwin and Jean Krenz cross-appeal from a judgment awarding the Krenzes $800,000 for a pipeline trespass and ordering the parties to abide by certain documents for their future relationship after the district court construed a pipeline easement to authorize one pipeline on the Krenzes' land and found XTO's unauthorized construction and operation of a second pipe... More...

$0 (02-16-2017 - ND)

Carl Michael Hoverson v. Sanda Morten Hoverson

[¶1] Sandra Hoverson appeals from a district court order resolving a parenting time dispute. Sandra Hoverson argues the district court improperly modified parenting time without a formal motion filed by either party. We conclude the district court's order did not modify the amended judgment. We affirm the order. I [¶2] Carl and Sandra Hoverson were married in 2004 and have one ... More...

$0 (02-16-2017 - ND)

United States of America v. Tommy Trent

Fargo, ND - Fifth and Final Defendant in the Taco John’s Robbery and Shooting Sentenced to Federal Prison Tommy Trent, 29, Fargo, North Dakota, was sentenced before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve two (2) years in prison followed by three (3) years of supervised release for Interference with Commerce by Threats or Violence- Hobbs Act Robbery. Judge Erickson also ordered Tre... More...

$0 (09-13-2016 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Claude Joseph Mercier

According to testimony at the suppression hearing, at around 11 p.m. on May 4, 2015, Bismarck Police Officer April McCarthy was dispatched to an area for a report of suspicious activity. The identified caller described the suspect as a white male wearing a black t-shirt, and believed this suspect and a female individual were trying to rob him. When Officer McCarthy arrived near the scene, she obse... More...

$0 (08-18-2016 - ND)

Valentina Williston, LLC v. Gadeco, LLC

On May 4, 2007, Leroy and Norma Seaton entered into an oil and gas lease with Gadeco covering Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 18 in Township 154 North, Range 98 West, Williams County, North Dakota. The lease had a primary term of five years. The lease contained a "continuing operations clause," which enabled Gadeco to extend the primary term of the lease if "not more than ninety . . . days . . . elapse b... More...

$0 (04-25-2016 - ND)

United States of America v. Andrew Jerome Ford

Fargo, ND - Andrew Ford Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Crime Wave Andrew Jerome Ford, 28, Fargo, ND, was sentenced before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve eight (8) years and six (6) months in prison for Interference with the Commerce by Threats and Violence- Hobbs Act Robbery and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence. Judge Erickson also s... More...

$0 (04-20-2016 - ND)

United States of America v. Carl Eugene Smith

Fargo, ND - Fargo Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Shooting During Taco John’s Robbery Carl Eugene Smith, 24, Fargo, ND, pled guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a two-count Indictment charging him with Interference with Commerce by Threats or Violence- Hobbs Act Robbery, as well as Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence. On or about Sept... More...

$0 (04-20-2016 - ND)

Welch Construction & Excavating, LLC v. Linh Duc Duong, d/b/a Classy Nails

Welch Construction sued Duong, alleging the parties contracted for Welch Construction to remodel a vacant retail space in Kirkwood Mall into a Classy Nails salon for $92,225. Welch Construction alleged it completed the work and Duong failed to pay the balance of $30,825 due under the contract. Duong answered and counterclaimed, denying he owed an outstanding balance under the contract and allegin... More...

$0 (03-20-2016 - ND)

Kittleson v. Grynberg Petroleum Company,

In 1991, Grynberg Petroleum Company and Kittleson's predecessor in interest, Tyronne and Marilyn Kittleson, entered into an oil and gas lease. The parties also executed a separate rider that modified and amended the lease. The royalty clause of the lease provides in part: Lessee [Grynberg] shall pay Lessor [Kittleson] the market value at the well for all gas (including all substances cont... More...

$0 (02-24-2016 - ND)

United States of America v. Andrew Jerome Ford, and Carlos Henry Bethel

Fargo, ND - Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for Role in Fargo Liquor Store Robberies Andrew Jerome Ford, and Carlos Henry Bethel, both 28, pled guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to Interference with the Commerce by Threats and Violence-Hobbs Act Robbery and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence. On September 28, 2015, Bottle Barn... More...

$0 (02-02-2016 - ND)

United States of America v. Rico Jamal Brown and Calvin Michael Frederick Brown

Fargo, ND - Two Men Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for Role in Taco John’s Robbery; Three Additional Men Charged Rico Jamal Brown, 27, and Calvin Michael Frederick Brown, 25, pled guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to Interference with Commerce by Threats and Violence-Hobbs Act Robbery. On September 3, 2015, the Taco John’s restaurant, 2601 32nd Avenue Sout... More...

$0 (02-02-2016 - ND)

United States of America v. Eric Lee Webb

Fargo, ND - Iowa Man Changes His Plea to Guilty in the Robbery of a Fargo Inn Eric Lee Webb, 31, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, officially changed his plea to guilty before U. S. District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to a three count Information. The Information charged Webb with 1) Interference with Commerce by Threats and Violence-Hobbs Act Robbery 2) Use and Carrying of a Firearm during and in R... More...

$0 (01-29-2016 - ND)

Titan Machinery, Inc. v. Patterson Enterprises, Inc.

Patterson is a Montana corporation headquartered in Missoula, which uses heavy equipment in the construction industry. Titan is an equipment rental company with several locations in the United States, including Missoula and Williston, North Dakota. In 2011, Patterson contracted for construction work in northwestern North Dakota and leased several items of heavy equipment from Titan. Patterson also... More...

$0 (01-21-2016 - ND)