Not paying your child support? North Dakota, tribal nation buckle down to improve collections

G.F. Herald: "Child support enforcers in North Dakota and the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation are looking into why some parents don't pay across state and tribal lines."

U.S.: Supreme Court grapples with how to control water pollution

CNN: "The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with questions about the scope of the Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate pollutants that find their way into navigable water such as oceans, rivers and streams."

Court to rehear law on adoptions of Native American children

Associated Press: "A federal appeals court announced Thursday that it will take a second look at an emotionally fraught lawsuit governing the adoption of Native American children."

Judge Larry Hatch 1930-2019

Former South Central Judicial District Judge Larry Hatch died Nov. 4. He was a 1958 graduate of the UND School of Law and served as a district judge from 1972-1991. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Nativity Catholic Church in Fargo.

U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 6 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case involving disclosure requirements for retirement plan fiduciaries and in a Clean Water Act case from Hawaii.

Justices struggle with copyright case involving pirate ship

Associated Press: The Supreme Court is wrestling with a modern-day dispute involving the pirate Blackbeard’s ship that went down off North Carolina’s coast more than 300 years ago."

Order of Adoption

Proposed Amendments to N.D. Sup. Ct. Admin. R. 11

U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 5 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a ship chartering case and in a case involving the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act.

Justices appear split over police power in traffic stops

Courthouse News Service: "The Supreme Court was sharply divided Monday as the justices considered whether a police officer can pull a car over based solely on the knowledge that it is registered to a person with a suspended license."

U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 4 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on whether a police officer can pull over a vehicle merely because its registered owner has a suspended driver’s license and a case on cancellation of removal of a lawful permanent resident.