U.S.: Supreme Court appears ready to let cross stand but struggles with church-state test
NPR News: "The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready to let stand a 40-foot cross on public land in Maryland, but the justices struggled to come up with a test to clarify the separation of church and state in this country."Job Announcement
A job announcement for a Deputy Clerk of District Court for the District Court in Mandan has been posted.Job Announcement
A job announcement for an Assistant Federal Public Defender with the Federal Public Defender office in Bismarck has been posted.Job Announcement
A job announcement for an Assistant State’s Attorney II (with Underfill) with the Burleigh County State's Attorney's Office in Bismarck has been posted.Order of Adoption
The Supreme Court has adopted amendments to N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 19 involving the Court Records Management Program.Changes to Rules of Civil Procedure, Evidence, Court effective March 1
On March 1, amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure, Evidence and Court become effective. Here is an explanation of these upcoming changes.
U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Feb. 26
The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a class action case involving equitable tolling of an appeal deadline.ABA posts formal ethics opinion on same sex marriages
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility has approved Formal Opinion 485: Judges Performing Same Sex Marriages, regarding judges’ obligations to marry same-sex couples.
8th Circuit decides N.D. case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has issued a per curiam opinion affirming a summary judgment granted by the district court in a North Dakota civil rights case.