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North Dakota Supreme Court dismisses appeal by woman whose car was repossessed
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of a woman who filed a class action lawsuit after her car was repossessed in 2007. -
North Dakota Workers' Comp ruling leaves company in 'worst of both worlds'
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has answered seven questions in a Workers' Compensation case that one of the attorneys involved says will have a "significant impact" on these types of cases. -
North Dakota Supreme Court upholds dismissal of couple's sterilization case
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the decision of a lower court in a case in which a doctor allegedly removed the fallopian tubes of a patient without consent. -
North Dakota Supreme Court denies construction company new trial over faulty structure
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) – The North Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision denying a local construction company a new trial after it was ordered to pay out nearly $900,000 for one of its structures found to be faulty. -
N.D. Supreme Court awards attorney fees to defendants in 'frivolous' lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) – The North Dakota Supreme Court recently awarded attorney fees to defendants in a Native American tort claim case, overturning a district court decision. -
N.D. SC says state owes locked-out workers unemployment benefits
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) -- The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled last week that the state owes a group of locked-out sugar workers unemployment benefits. -
N.D. SC rejects property tax suit ahead of primary
Maring BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - The North Dakota Supreme Court, in a ruling last week, dismissed a lawsuit over a proposed constitutional amendment to abolish property taxes in the state. -
N.D. SC: Contract language precludes lawsuit
Crothers BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - The North Dakota Supreme Court earlier this week ruled that the "plain" and "unambiguous" language of a construction contract between the City of Mandan and an excavating company precluded the company from recovering damages for delays allegedly caused by the city. -
Election roundup: Iowa voters oust three justices
Ternus DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - Voters in Iowa ousted three state Supreme Court justices who helped make same-sex marriage in the state legal. -
Pig farmer owes $78K in overdraft fees, N.D. SC concludes
Kapsner BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - The North Dakota Supreme Court has affirmed a summary judgment ruling by a lower court in favor of a bank that claims it is owed more than $70,000 in checking account overdrafts. -
Ten of the longest names
While researching this article on silica claims, we came across the word "Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis," which refers to a lung disease caused by exposure to silica fibers and is the longest word in the dictionary. This week, Legal Newsline looks at the 10 state supreme court justices with the longest names, and no hyphens or -
Businesses file brief in N.D. forum-shopping debate
North Dakota Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - Business groups say they would be "adversely affected" should the North Dakota Supreme Court issue a decision that would effectively allow "blatant forum shopping." -
Ten who took part in Vietnam
With the recent controversy over claims made by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Legal Newsline takes a look at 10 state attorneys general and state supreme court justices who found themselves in Vietnam during the war. -
N.D. decision orders sale of land
Stenehjem BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline) - The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a Minneapolis non-profit must sell its land in North Dakota because of state restrictions on corporate ownership. -
State AGs, supreme courts don't go unnoticed in Hellholes report
King WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Several state attorneys general and state supreme courts were put under the microscope by the American Tort Reform Foundation in its annual "Judicial Hellholes" report, released Tuesday. -
N.D. Supreme Court rejects farmer's claim
Daniel Crothers BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline)-The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that grain elevator bonding laws do not extend to farmers who haul their crops outside the state. -
North Dakota justices to hear grain bonding case today
BISMARCK, N.D. (Legal Newsline)-The North Dakota Supreme Court will hear a case today that could decide whether grain elevator bonding laws extend to farmers who haul their crops outside the state.