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State v. Yellow Hammer 2022 ND 106
Docket No.: 20210209
Filing Date: 5/26/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Homicide
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.

Rath v. Rath, et al. 2022 ND 105
Docket No.: 20210120
Filing Date: 5/26/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: A district court has broad discretion on evidentiary matters and over the conduct of a hearing. A ruling on a motion in limine is reviewed under the abuse of discretion standard.

The right to closing arguments can be waived by the parties and narrowed by the courts, but it cannot be unilaterally denied.

To modify parenting time, a movant must establish a material change of circumstances has occurred since the prior parenting time order and that it is in the child’s best interests to modify the order.

A demand for change of judge, once granted, carries forward in any particular case, even when a new proceeding is filed in a divorce case triggering a new judge assignment.

The Supreme Court may, on its own motion or the motion of any party to an appeal, enter a pre-filing order prohibiting a vexatious litigant from filing any new litigation in the courts of this state as a self-represented party without first obtaining leave of a judge of the court where the litigation is proposed to be filed.

Rath v. Rath, et al. 2022 ND 105
Docket No.: 20210120
Filing Date: 5/26/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Child Support
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Toman Engineering Co. v. Koch Construction, et al. 2022 ND 104
Docket No.: 20210186
Filing Date: 5/26/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Contracts
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Highlight: The district court may exercise its inherent power to sanction when a party violates the duty to preserve evidence and destroys evidence relevant to the lawsuit.

The duty to preserve evidence may be discharged and the evidence may be destroyed if the custodial party has a legitimate need to destroy the evidence and has provided sufficient notice to the other parties allowing for a full and fair opportunity to inspect the evidence.

Toman Engineering Co. v. Koch Construction, et al. 2022 ND 104
Docket No.: 20210186
Filing Date: 5/26/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Contracts
Author: VandeWalle, Gerald

Matter of Shane Lance Yates 2022 ND 103
Docket No.: 20220054
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: District court orders denying petitions for name changes and requests for evidentiary hearings are summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).

Matter of Shane Lance Yates 2022 ND 103
Docket No.: 20220054
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Per Curiam

Matter of Amy Jo Yates 2022 ND 103
Docket No.: 20220056
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Per Curiam

Highlight: District court orders denying petitions for name changes and requests for evidentiary hearings are summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).

Matter of Amy Jo Yates 2022 ND 103
Docket No.: 20220056
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Per Curiam

State v. Rodriguez 2022 ND 102
Docket No.: 20210359
Filing Date: 5/12/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Felony
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: A district court’s dismissal of a criminal information is reviewed for an abuse of discretion.

A criminal information must identify the defendant, and must be a plain, concise, and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the elements of the offense charged.

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