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Mann, et al. v. N.D. Tax Commissioner, et al.

Docket No. 20060366
Oral Argument: Thursday, April 5, 2007 10:45am

Docket Info

Title
Joan Mann, Ken Danks d/b/a
TEK Industries, Tracy Wilkie,
Christa Monette, and other persons
similarly situated, Plaintiffs and Appellants
v.
North Dakota Tax Commissioner, Cory Fong, Defendant and Appellee
and
North Dakota Treasurer, Kelly Schmidt, Defendant
Case Type
CIVIL APPEAL : TAX RELATED
Appeal From
Case No. 03-C-00085
North Central Judicial District, Mountrail County
William W. McLees
2007 ND 119736 N.W.2d 464
Oral Argument 4/5/2007

Highlight

Due process requires a State to provide meaningful backward-looking relief to rectify any unconstitutional deprivation that occurs when a state requires a taxpayer to pay a tax without an opportunity to challenge whether the tax is illegal before payment.
A statute may be applied retroactively when the legislature clearly intended retroactive application of the statute.
A district court has broad discretion in deciding whether to certify a class action.
A successful litigant is not entitled to attorney's fees unless authorized by statute or contract.


Briefs

Filing Date Description
01/22/2007 APPELLANT BRIEF (E-filed) View
02/20/2007 APPELLEE BRIEF View

Counsel

Party Type Name
APPELLEE SPEC. ASST. ATTY. GEN. Robert W Wirtz - 02876
APPELLANT PRIVATE PRACTICE Vance Gillette - 03476
APPELLEE SPEC. ASST. ATTY. GEN. Daniel Lucian Rouse - 04704

(Note: Attachments may not be available for recently filed cases and/or confidential documents.)

Seq. # Filing Date Description Attachment
1 12/13/2006 NOTICE OF APPEAL : 12/12/2006
2 12/13/2006 $25 surcharge for electronic filing of ATB (receipt no. 17202)
3 01/18/2007 APPELLANT APPENDIX
4 01/19/2007 MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL & BRIEF OF APPELLEE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
5 01/22/2007 APPELLANT BRIEF (E-filed) View
6 01/22/2007 E-FILED BRIEF (ATB)
7 01/24/2007 RECORD ON APPEAL w/Separates (Entry No. 87-transcript dated 4/23/04).
8 01/24/2007 Not rec'd w/ROA were Steno Notes (Entry No.74) and Copies of NOA-Not documents(Entry Nos.77 & 128)
9 01/24/2007 Copies of Page 21 for ATA
10 01/24/2007 Letter clarifying Motion to Dismiss
11 01/25/2007 E-mailed list of corrections for ATB (inserted into ATB)
12 01/26/2007 Received 7 copies of ATB from Central Duplicating
13 01/30/2007 Corrected Page 12 of Appellant's Brief
14 01/30/2007 Appellant's Response to Motion to Dismiss
15 01/31/2007 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT - Denied
16 02/20/2007 APPELLEE BRIEF View
17 02/20/2007 APPELLEE APPENDIX
18 02/20/2007 DISK - aeb
19 04/05/2007 APPEARANCES: Vance Gillette; Daniel L. Rouse, Donita A. Wald
20 04/05/2007 ARGUED: Gillette; Rouse
21 04/05/2007 ORAL ARGUMENT WEBCAST
22 07/25/2007 DISPOSITION
23 07/25/2007 UNANIMOUS OPINION : VandeWalle, Gerald W. View
24 07/25/2007 At the direction of the Court, no costs are taxed on this appeal
25 07/26/2007 Judgment E-Mailed to Parties
26 08/07/2007 PETITION FOR REHEARING View
27 08/07/2007 E-FILED BRIEF (PER)
28 08/13/2007 Affidavit of Service of PER
29 08/13/2007 Received 7 copies of PER from Central Duplicating
30 08/13/2007 Letter from Vance Gillette dated 8-10-07 RE: corrections to Petition for Rehearing
31 08/22/2007 ACTION BY SUPREME COURT (PER) - Denied
32 09/10/2007 MANDATE
33 09/13/2006 RECEIPT SIGNED BY DISTRICT COURT CLERK'S OFFICE
34 11/26/2007 Notice from U.S. Supreme Court that Petition for Writ of Certiorari was filed
35 01/14/2008 Letter from William Suter of US Supreme Court RE: Petition for Writ of Certiorari is denied
36 09/19/2017 EXPUNGED - Nonpermanent record items destroyed