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State v. Oshiro (consolidated w/20210255 & 20210256) 2022 ND 95
Docket No.: 20210254
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Sexual Offense
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.

City of West Fargo v. McAllister 2022 ND 94
Docket No.: 20210360
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: The primary purpose of statutory interpretation is to determine legislative intent.

Words in a statute are given their plain, ordinary, and commonly understood meaning, unless defined by statute or unless a contrary intention plainly appears.

The district court has discretion over evidentiary matters, including a decision to exclude the testimony of a witness.

City of West Fargo v. McAllister 2022 ND 94
Docket No.: 20210360
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

State v. Ruiz Ledezma 2022 ND 93
Docket No.: 20210277
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Homicide
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: A criminal judgment entered after a defendant pled guilty to criminal vehicular homicide is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4) and (7).

State v. Ruiz Ledezma 2022 ND 93
Docket No.: 20210277
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Homicide
Author: Per Curiam

Matter of Rose Henderson Peterson Mineral Trust 2022 ND 92
Docket No.: 20210258
Filing Date: 9/15/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Probate, Wills, Trusts
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: Satisfaction of an independent undisputed portion of a judgment does not operate as a full waiver of the right to appeal.

Res judicata and the law of the case doctrine do not bar litigation of the same type of claim based on different facts.

Under N.D.C.C. § 58-18-08, a trustee may not be exculpated for breaches of trust committed in bad faith or with reckless indifference to the purposes of the trust.

Absent the requisite findings and analysis, review of a district court decision is not possible and remand is appropriate.

Matter of Rose Henderson Peterson Mineral Trust 2022 ND 92
Docket No.: 20210258
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Probate, Wills, Trusts
Author: Per Curiam

Eikom v. Eikom 2022 ND 91
Docket No.: 20210319
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: A district court’s decision to award parenting time to a noncustodial parent is based on the child’s best interests and not the wishes of the parents.

This Court may rely on implied findings of fact when the record enables it to understand factual determinations made by the district court.

Eikom v. Eikom 2022 ND 91
Docket No.: 20210319
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Dixon v. Dixon 2022 ND 90
Docket No.: 20210294
Filing Date: 4/28/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Probate, Wills, Trusts
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: District court order discharging trustee, closing the trust, and concluding supervised administration is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).

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