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Legal experts see tough road for jury trials while pandemic rages
Courthouse News Service: "As the Covid-19 pandemic prevents people from gathering in courtrooms, courts throughout the United States are exploring new ways of preserving the right to trial by jury."
Richard “Richie” E. T. Smith 1952-2020
Longtime Wahpeton attorney Richard “Richie” E. T. Smith died May 22. A Creighton law school graduate, he was admitted to the N.D. bar in 1977. A drive by funeral parade will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 from 3-5 p.m. on Augustana Drive on Otter Tail Lake, Minn.8th Circuit decides N.D. case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the district court's sentence in a North Dakota manslaughter case.Dakota Datebook: Peggy Lee’s war with Disney
Prairie Public: "Peggy Lee was born on this date in 1920 in Jamestown, North Dakota. She is known for her singing, movie, and television career. She is not well known for her war with the Walt Disney Company."
U.S.: Chief justice says pandemic teaches humility, compassion
Associated Press: "Chief Justice John Roberts told graduating seniors at his son’s high school that the coronavirus has 'pierced our illusion of certainty and control' and he counseled the students to make their way with humility, compassion and courage in a world turned upside down."S.D.: COVID-19 pandemic bogs down court system
Black Hills Pioneer: "Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the wheels of justice continue to turn in Lawrence County. They’re just going a bit slower than usual."Mont.: Court says dinosaur fossils worth millions aren't minerals
NBC Montana News: "A divided Montana Supreme Court says under state law, dinosaur fossils aren't minerals. Wednesday's ruling has implications in an ongoing legal battle over the ownership of millions of dollars of fossils found on an eastern Montana ranch where the surface and mineral rights are owned by different people."Dakota Datebook: Votes for Women League
Prairie Public: "The Votes for Women's League began to establish itself in North Dakota in 1912. Fargo was the first community to form a Votes for Women League on February 4."Judges prefer Zoom and WebEx as courtrooms go virtual
Law 360: " Zoom and WebEx are the online platforms of choice for judges throughout the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Judicial College's polling of hundreds of judges."