152814P.pdf   08/05/2016  John Finstad  v.  Beresford Bancorporation, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-2814
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Smith, Circuit Judge and Gritzner, 
   District Judge] 
   Civil Case - diversity. District court's properly dismissed action for 
   breach of contract, conversion, interference with contract and tort 
   against Beresford Bancorporation based on doctrine of claim preclusion 
   under North Dakota law, as prior state court action was a decision on the 
   merits, involved the same parties, and the federal claims could have been 
   raised in the state court action. The district court also properly granted 
   summary judgment to the Gords based on issue preclusion, as the state 
   court decision was on the merits and the state court decided that the 
   Finstads did not have an interest in the property and thus could not 
   relitigate that issue in federal court.