The Supreme Court has formally ordered one of the three new judgeships be chambered in Williston. The position is to be filled by appointment.
U.S. Supreme Court civil opinions: May 20
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a vaccination injury attorney fees case, a foreign tax credit case, and a cell phone tower permitting case.
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion addressing the question of whether an accused can raise a diminished capacity defense in a retrial held after a state abolishes that defense.
Detroit Free Press: "The Supreme Court agreed [May 20] to consider whether prayers can be offered at government meetings -- a practice that's been common in Congress and throughout the states for more than two centuries."
Afro Briefs: "Advocacy groups are praising a new Minnesota law that prohibits employers from asking job applicants about criminal backgrounds in the initial stages of the hiring process."
KELO News: "The South Dakota State's Attorneys Association has named Lawrence County State's Attorney John Fitzgerald as prosecutor of the year. At its recent annual meeting in Deadwood, the association also gave Mellette County State's Attorney Mick
Strain a lifetime achievement award."
The Judicial Nominating Committee has received a letter from Governor Jack Dalrymple convening the Committee to screen applicants and submit a list of nominees to fill three new judicial positions. Applications must be received in the State Bar
Association of North Dakota office by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013.
Applications are now being accepted for mediators for the Family Mediation Program in the South Central Judicial District. Interested applicants should submit credentials indicating they meet the qualification requirements to the Family Law Mediation
Program Administrator by May 22, 2013.
An 18-hour Parenting Investigator & Legal Guardian ad litem Certification Training session will take place in Bismarck June 19-21. Registrations are due by June 4.
The electronic filing system at the U.S. District Court will be unavailable to accept filings on Friday May 31 at 12 noon. A software upgrade will be installed at that time.