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| Administrator sets 2014 judgment interest rate | |||||||||||||||||
| The State Court Administrator has set the judgment interest rate for 2014 at 6.50 percent. The adminstrator is required by law to annually determine the judgment interest rate prior to Dec. 20. The rate will be applied to all judgments entered in 2014. | |||||||||||||||||
| Court approves amendments to court rules | |||||||||||||||||
| The Supreme Court has approved amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure, Appellate Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Court, and to the Supreme Court Administrative Rules. The amendments take effect March 1, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||
| Court Technology Committee Dec. 13 agenda | |||||||||||||||||
| The agenda for the Dec. 13 meeting of the Court Technology Committee and the committee's Oct. 11 minutes have been posted. | |||||||||||||||||
| Judiciary Standards Committee Dec. 13 agenda | |||||||||||||||||
| The agenda for the Dec. 13 meeting of the Judiciary Standards Committee has been posted. | |||||||||||||||||
| N.D. Attorney General opinion: Dec. 12 | |||||||||||||||||
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has issued an opinion that, since the state's Constitution prohibits the recognition of a same-sex union, an individual who previously entered into a valid same-sex marriage in another state but did not
divorce would not be committing a criminal violation in this state by indicating he or she was single/never married on a marriage application.
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| Changes to North Dakota's tougher DUI law already being suggested | |||||||||||||||||
| G.F. Herald: "North Dakota's stiffer drunken driving law has created a host of consequences - some intended, some not - since it took effect July 1. But Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem asked legislators Wednesday to give the law more time before deciding if it needs to be tweaked." | |||||||||||||||||
| Minn. Supreme Court to hear DWI case involving domestic abuse victim | |||||||||||||||||
KSTP News: "A high profile DWI case will go before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday. The court will rule on whether a victim of domestic abuse can drive away from her attacker if shes legally drunk at the time. The incident happened back in
May 2011 in Mora, Minn."
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| Minn.: Challenge to 30 percent rule heads to appeals court | |||||||||||||||||
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Winona Daily News: "The Minnesota Court of Appeals is expected [Dec. 12] to take up a constitutional challenge to Winona's 30 percent rule. The case rose to the state level after a Winona County judge upheld the challenge earlier this year, saying
the city's decision to restrict rental properties to 30 percent of any block is within its rights."
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| Minn.: Ramsey County veterans court launches Thursday | |||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota Public Radio: "Ramsey County officially launches a veterans court Thursday that's aimed at helping veterans charged with nonviolent crimes to get their lives back on track. St. Paul City Attorney Sara Grewing said one goal of the court is to keep veterans from returning to jail if possible." | |||||||||||||||||
| Montana federal judge nominees slated for confirmation vote | |||||||||||||||||
| Helena Independent Record: "Montana Sen. Max Baucus urged his fellow senators on Wednesday to support the nominations of state District Judge Susan Watters and Montana Supreme Court Justice Brian Morris to the federal bench." | |||||||||||||||||
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North Dakota | |||||||||||||||||
| New Opinions: Dec. 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| The Supreme Court posted two new opinions on Dec. 10. | |||||||||||||||||
| Judgeship retained at Fargo | |||||||||||||||||
| The Supreme Court has retained at Fargo the judgeship being vacated because of the appointment of Judge Lisa Fair McEvers to the Supreme Court. | |||||||||||||||||
| McEvers investiture set for Jan. 17 | |||||||||||||||||
A formal investiture ceremony to install Judge Lisa Fair McEvers as Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court will be held Friday, Jan. 17, in the House Chambers at the State Capitol. On Nov. 18, Gov. Jack Dalrymple appointed McEvers to fill the
Supreme Court vacancy that will be created by the Dec. 31 retirement of Justice Mary Muehlen Maring.
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| Jensen investiture to be held Jan. 6 | |||||||||||||||||
A formal investiture ceremony for new Northeast Central Judicial District Judge Jon Jensen has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 6 in Grand Forks. Jensen will begin his judicial work on Dec. 16. Governor Jack Dalrymple appointed Jensen on Nov. 7
to fill the judicial vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Joel Medd.
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| Court adopts amendments to Rules of Court 3.1 and 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court has adopted amendments to N.D.R.Ct. 3.1 (Pleadings) and 8.4 (Summons in Action for Divorce, Separation or to Determine Parental Rights and Responsibilities). The amendments take effect March 1, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||
| Federal committee holds first hearing on tribal youth exposure to violence | |||||||||||||||||
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Bismarck Tribune: "Chase Ironeyes told members of a federal committee he was exposed to violence as a child, then perpetuated that violence as an adolescent along with other children growing up on the Standing Rock reservation."
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| Legal Services of North Dakota releases Winter 2013 newsletter | |||||||||||||||||
| The Winter 2013 edition of the Legal Services of North Dakota newsletter, the Legal Services Sentinel, has been released. | |||||||||||||||||
| Working together to reduce crime | |||||||||||||||||
| Williston Herald: "In October and November, federal officers cracked down on drugs, sex trafficking and other 'big city' crimes, among them the case of Jeffrey Pops Butler, who orchestrated the kidnapping of a man in August 2012." | |||||||||||||||||
| UND law expert to participate in task force to examine impact of violence on Native children | |||||||||||||||||
Indian Country Today: "Michelle Rivard-Parks, Assistant Director of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota's School of Law, is scheduled to serve as an expert witness in the first of a series public hearings of a new task
force examining the impact of exposure to violence on American Indian and Alaska Native children."
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| Lawyer licenses expire Dec. 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| The State Board of Law Examiners reminds lawyers that 2013 licenses to practice law in North Dakota expire Dec. 31 regardless of when the 2013 license fee was paid. Lawyers should watch their mail for the 2014 billing and promptly pay the fee. All license fees are due on or before Jan. 1, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||
| Pro hac vice fee payment reminder | |||||||||||||||||
| Under Rule 3 of the Admission to Practice rules, lawyers who continue to appear in 2014 in a North Dakota state proceeding for which a motion for pro hac vice admission has been filed are required to pay a fee of $380 by Jan. 1, 2014. | |||||||||||||||||
| Court issues revised orders on judicial redistricting | |||||||||||||||||
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The North Dakota Supreme Court has revised its orders on judicial redistricting to designate the new judicial district containing the counties of Burke, Mountrail and Ward as the North Central Judicial District. It has also ordered the renumbering of
judgeships consistent with the redistricting.
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| Court adopts post-judgment mediation rule, family mediation rule | |||||||||||||||||
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The North Dakota Supreme Court has adopted N.D.R.App.P. 5 on post-judgment mediation and N.D.R.Ct. 8.1 on the family mediation program. The Court also adopted an appendix of forms and supplements to support the family mediation rule. The rules take
effect Jan. 1.
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Federal | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 11 arguments | |||||||||||||||||
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Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a death penalty habeas corpus case and in an international child abduction case.
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| U.S.: Appeals court hearings now going live and online | |||||||||||||||||
| CNN: "The nine Supreme Court justices might be camera-shy, but a key federal appeals court is using its own technology to open up its most important proceedings to Internet viewers. The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, has announced it will provide live streaming video for some of its oral arguments beginning Monday." | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S.: Supreme Court weighs issue of cross-state air pollution | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Today: "Inside an unmarked trailer at the end of an unmarked dirt road about 15 miles north of the nation's capital, a high-tech radar monitor beeps every 10 minutes in an effort to find out who is polluting Maryland's air." | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S.: 25 years later, PACER, electronic filing continue to change courts | |||||||||||||||||
Office of U.S. Courts: "Twenty-five years ago, computers were hurtling America into the Information Age. From 1987 to 1989, the nation's PC sales tripled, as consumers gained unprecedented power to process words, crunch numbers and print documents at
home."
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| U.S.: High court weighs air safety vs. pilot's reputation | |||||||||||||||||
| New York Times: "The Supreme Court on Monday tried to find the right balance between air safety and a pilots reputation, with several justices taking an unusually active role in framing the issues to be decided by the court." | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Dec. 11 | |||||||||||||||||
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion on whether evidence from a government psychiatric examination can be used against a defendant in a murder case.
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Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
| Two Minnesota Courts of Appeals judges to retire this spring | |||||||||||||||||
| MinnPost: "Gov. Mark Dayton said Monday that he will appoint successors to Minnesota Court of Appeals Judges Thomas J. Kalitowski and Terri J. Stoneburne, who plan to retire in April. The Commission on Judicial Selection will review applications and make recommendations to Dayton." | |||||||||||||||||
| Minn.: Pre-Miranda questioning inadmissible in terror case | |||||||||||||||||
| Courthouse News Service: "An FBI agent's pre-Miranda questioning of a militia member about guns during an investigation of the planned bombing of several targets in Minnesota is not admissible at trial, a federal judge ruled." | |||||||||||||||||
| Minn.: Little Falls man's attorney asks appeals court for murder case review | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Cloud Times: "The lawyer representing a Little Falls-area man accused of killing two teenagers who broke into his house on Thanksgiving Day 2012 is asking the state Court of Appeals to get involved in the murder case against his client." | |||||||||||||||||
| Mentally ill swamp Minnesota's jails and courts | |||||||||||||||||
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: "Minnesota's county jails and courts are being overwhelmed by adults with mental illness because the state lacks suitable housing, health care and therapeutic services to stabilize their lives, legislators were told at a
state Senate hearing Tuesday."
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| Minn.: Problem-solving court uses an empowerment model that's proving to be effective | |||||||||||||||||
| MinnPost: "The atmosphere in the room was relaxed, laid back, chatty, even. Scattered throughout the sparse seats were nine women, some also interacting with children, some watching the action at the front of the room. It wasn't the kind of scene you'd expect to find in a courtroom in the Hennepin County Courthouse in downtown Minneapolis." | |||||||||||||||||
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South Dakota | |||||||||||||||||
| SD Attorney General's annual Pie Day is Saturday | |||||||||||||||||
| KELO News/AP: "South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is hosting the 16th annual Pie Day in the state Capitol in Pierre on Saturday. The annual event includes free pie, cookies, coffee and ice cream." | |||||||||||||||||
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Montana | |||||||||||||||||
| Mont.: Supreme Court denies kidnapper's request | |||||||||||||||||
Valley Journal: "On Dec. 3 the Montana Supreme Court denied a request to consider new evidence made by Chuck Devlin, 63, who is serving a 50-year sentence for the May 2006 kidnapping of an 18-year-old Bigfork woman."
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Other States and Jurisdictions | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas Supreme Court to mull underground trespassing | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tribune: "A case involving the disposal of industrial wastewater pits two interests that are dear to many Texans against each other: oil and gas resources versus private property rights." | |||||||||||||||||
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Jobs | |||||||||||||||||
| Job Announcement | |||||||||||||||||
| A job announcement for a contract attorney with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in Bismarck has been posted . | |||||||||||||||||
| Job Announcement | |||||||||||||||||
| A job announcement for an Assistant States Attorney for Ward County in Minot has been posted . | |||||||||||||||||
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