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Court computer network maintenance set for Tuesday evening
The court system's computers will experience some outages as work is being performed by ITD on the court’s network circuits on Tuesday, June 4 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The work should be completed by 8:30 p.m. All court systems will experience some form of downtime during this period.19th Amendment passed a century ago today
G.F. Herald: "A century ago today, on June 4, 1919, Congress passed a resolution in support of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which would give women the right to vote."Barnes County clerk's office to be closed Thursday
On Thursday, June 6, the Barnes County Clerk of Court's office will be closed all day.
U.S.: Blackbeard's famed pirate ship, grounded three centuries ago, sails toward Supreme Court
USA Today: "The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The case, to be heard in the court's next term beginning in October, pits North Carolina against a video production company documenting the salvaging of the shipwreck."
U.S.: Clarence Thomas questions sources of retirement rumors
CNN: "Justice Clarence Thomas' booming voice filled the Supreme Court chamber Monday afternoon, as he took time off from the last month of the term to give a wide-ranging talk and publicly question where the rumors of his retirement come from."
Panel rejects appeal by drug kingpin convicted of murder
Bismarck Tribune: "A federal circuit court has rejected the appeal of a Minnesota man convicted of running a wide-ranging methamphetamine operation and ordering the killing of a man in North Dakota."Minn.: Minding the gap … in equality
St. Thomas Newsroom: "Nine years ago, the Minnesota Women Lawyers organization created a Parity Task Force to evaluate the position of women lawyers in the state. The task force (which eventually morphed into the Minnesota Women Lawyers Equity Committee) wanted to identify barriers to parity."
Donald R. Holloway 1936-2019
Donald R. Holloway, 82, died June 2. After earning a law degree at the UND School of Law, he was North Dakota Securities Commissioner from 1968 to 1976, practiced law in Bismarck from 1976 to 1990, and was an Administrative Law Judge until 2007. His funeral is at 10 a.m. on June 6 at Hope Lutheran Church in Fargo.
U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 3
The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a Medicare payments case, a bankruptcy case involving creditor contempt, a case on filing requirements in civil rights matters, and a criminal case addressing credit for time served issues.