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North Dakota rancher's land at heart of Supreme Court case

The Supreme Court is considering a case about a company WBI energy that sought to purchase land from farmers and ranchers in North Dakota using the federal government’s power of eminent domain.

The landowners sued because they didn’t feel they were offered a fair price.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshaman speaks with Leonard Hoffman, one of the landowners.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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