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Plaisimond v. State
2022 ND 14
Docket No.: 20210215
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam
Highlight: A judgment denying an application for postconviction relief is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2).
Plaisimond v. State
2022 ND 14
Docket No.: 20210215
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Post-Conviction Relief
Author: Per Curiam
Highlight: A holographic will is valid if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator’s handwriting.
Material portions of a holographic will express donative and testamentary intent.
A district court’s finding that the material portions of a holographic will were not in the testator’s handwriting is supported by the record and affirmed.
Armstrong v. Helms
2022 ND 12
Docket No.: 20210227
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Oil, Gas and Minerals
Author: Jensen, Jon J.
Highlight: The North Dakota Century Code and North Dakota Administrative Code provide extensive laws and regulations related to oil and gas development, including the reclamation of oil wells and bond terms.
State law is not preempted by federal law when the well operator can comply with both the state law and federal law.
The district court did not err in dismissing the claim as the plaintiff failed to exhaust his administrative remedies before bringing suit.
Armstrong v. Helms
2022 ND 12
Docket No.: 20210227
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Oil, Gas and Minerals
Author: Jensen, Jon J.
Matter of Shane Lance Yates
2022 ND 11
Docket No.: 20210193
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.
Highlight: A district court did not abuse its discretion in denying petitions for name changes when the petitions requested changes in the capitalization of the names from all capital letters to initial capital letters followed by lowercase letters.
Matter of Shane Lance Yates
2022 ND 11
Docket No.: 20210193
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.
Matter of Amy Jo Yates
2022 ND 11
Docket No.: 20210194
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.
Highlight: A district court did not abuse its discretion in denying petitions for name changes when the petitions requested changes in the capitalization of the names from all capital letters to initial capital letters followed by lowercase letters.
Matter of Amy Jo Yates
2022 ND 11
Docket No.: 20210194
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Other
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.
Brendel Construction v. WSI
2022 ND 10
Docket No.: 20210229
Filing Date: 1/6/2022
Case Type: Appeal - Administrative - Workers Compensation
Author: McEvers, Lisa K. Fair
Highlight: Under N.D.C.C. § 65-04-04(1), workforce insurance premium liability must be based on a proportion of the annual expenditure of money by the employer for the service of persons.
The information Workforce Safety and Insurance uses to calculate an employer’s liability must be indicative of the premiums the employer owes and sufficiently reliable to support the amount.
An ALJ’s finding that WSI used unreliable information to establish premium liability in this case is supported by the record and affirmed.
