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ND Workers Comp. Bureau, et al. v. General Investment Corp., et al.
2000 ND 196
Highlight: Section 38-09-01, N.D.C.C., generally reserves fifty percent of all oil, natural gas, or minerals whenever the State transfers land owned by the State. |
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Schumacher v. Schumacher (Cross-ref. w/990016)
2000 ND 195 Highlight: Spousal support and child support order is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). |
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Disciplinary Board v. Robb (Cross-reference w/ 20000096)
2000 ND 194 Highlight: Attorney ordered disbarred. |
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Lake Region Lutheran Home, Inc. v. Halvorson, et al.
2000 ND 193 Highlight: An appeal from a trial court's judgment dismissing a motion to vacate judgment is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4) (the trial court did not abuse its discretion). |
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Center Mutual Insurance Co. v. Thompson
2000 ND 192
Highlight: Terms of an insurance policy are given their ordinary, usual, and commonly accepted meaning. |
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Belisle v. Gibson, et al.
2000 ND 191 Highlight: The trial court's denial of a motion for a new trial and its judgment entered on a jury verdict finding defendants not liable in a personal injury action are summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3) and (4). |
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Kautzman v. Kautzman (Cross ref. w/980004, 990328 & 990386)
2000 ND 190
Highlight: When a party executes on a money judgment to secure a division of property, the debtor is not entitled to an exemption for life insurance policies or annuities. |
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Farstveet, et al. v. Rudolph, et al.
2000 ND 189
Highlight: Abandonment of the homestead must be established by clear and convincing evidence that the debtor voluntarily departed from the homestead and left without the intent to return and occupy it as a home. |
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State v. Loh
2000 ND 188
Highlight: An officer has probable cause justifying a vehicle stop, based on evidence of a traffic violation, which is not invalidated when an officer subjectively suspects another offense. |
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Schaefer, et al. v. Souris River Telecom., et al.
2000 ND 187
Highlight: A stipulation as to foundation does not eliminate a trial court's discretion to reject evidence on grounds of relevance. |
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City of Jamestown v. Dardis (CONSOLIDATED W/ 20000110)
2000 ND 186
Highlight: Absent one of the exceptions to the warrant requirement at the time of the entry, evidence gained in violation of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures is inadmissible under the exclusionary rule. |
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Syvertson v. State
2000 ND 185
Highlight: A request for oral argument is incomplete if the requesting party fails to secure a time for oral argument. |
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City of Mandan v. Leno
2000 ND 184 Highlight: The limited statutory right of a person arrested for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor to a reasonable opportunity to consult with an attorney attaches after arrest. |
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Anderson v. Resler
2000 ND 183 |
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Burlington Northern, et al. v. Benson Co. Water (Cons. w/990369-373;990378-380)
2000 ND 182 |
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Fandrich, et al. v. Wells Co. Bd. of Co. Comm., et al.
2000 ND 181
Highlight: While a court may issue a writ of mandamus ordering a government entity to comply with applicable law, it cannot control the government entity's discretion in determining the methods to be used in complying with the law. |
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Schuh, et al. v. Weiss, et al.
2000 ND 180 Highlight: Judgment awarding damages for cost of repair and loss of use and enjoyment of real property is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). |
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State v. Mora
2000 ND 179 |
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State v. Haverluk
2000 ND 178
Highlight: A law enforcement officer may conduct a limited search of a vehicle's interior if there is a reasonable suspicion of danger to the officer. |
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State v. Ellis (cross reference 2000092)
2000 ND 177
Highlight: A defendant who seeks a new trial because voir dire has not been transcribed must first request transcription of the voir dire on the record. Failure to make a request for transcription on the record precludes a defendant from later asserting error. |
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City of Fargo v. Doty
2000 ND 176 Highlight: Jury verdict of guilty on the charge of reckless driving summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(1), (3), (4), and (7). |
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Rott v. ND Department of Transportation
2000 ND 175 Highlight: A statute providing for the cancellation of a minor's driver's license upon accumulation of a point total in excess of five points is not applied retroactively when the offense triggering the cancellation occurs after the effective date of the statute. Enactment of the statute does not change the status of the minor's driver's license so as to require notification of the statute's enactment. |
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Interest of E.T. (CONFIDENTIAL)
2000 ND 174 Highlight: An appeal of a trial court's involuntary medication order is rendered moot once the patient is released from the hospital and is no longer in need of medication. |
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Harn v. County of McKenzie, et al. (cross-reference w/980260)
2000 ND 173 Highlight: A summary judgment for costs and disbursements and an order denying a motion for new trial in action for conversion and violation of public duty are affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4), (6). |
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City of Fargo v. Hersch
2000 ND 172 Highlight: Judgment of conviction for driving while under the influence of alcohol is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). |
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Coleman v. Goulet, f/k/a Chase
2000 ND 171 Highlight: The trial court's summary dismissal of a damage action because the plaintiff did not meet the threshold requirements under the Auto Accident Reparations Act, N.D.C.C. ch. 26.1-41, was summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(6). |
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Johnson v. Johnson
2000 ND 170 |
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Egeland v. Continental Resources, Inc., et al.
2000 ND 169
Highlight: Consent from the landowner is not required when a lessee applies to the Industrial Commission to force pool property. |
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City of West Fargo v. Hawkins
2000 ND 168 |
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Robertson v. ND Workers Comp. Bur., et al.
2000 ND 167 Highlight: The presumption that a law enforcement officer's heart disease was suffered in the line of duty is based on a legislatively adopted premise that a law enforcement officer's work stress causes heart disease, and the presumption cannot be rebutted by expert medical opinion rejecting that underlying premise. |
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State ex rel. Heitkamp v. Family Life Serv, et al. (CON. W/SEE DOCKET MEMO)
2000 ND 166 |
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Addy, et al. v. Myers, et al.
2000 ND 165 |
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Dakota Northwestern Assoc. Ltd. Partnership v. Burleigh Co. Bd. of Co. Comm.
2000 ND 164 Highlight: Taxation of property is a legislative function, and a reviewing court may not reverse a local governing body's valuation of property for tax purposes unless the decision is arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable. |
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Grinnell Mut. Reins. Co. v. Farm & City Ins. Co. v. Leikas, et al. (CONS)
2000 ND 163 |
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Snortland v. State ex rel. Dept. of Public Instruction, et al.
2000 ND 162 Highlight: Summary judgment on the issue of when a statute of limitations begins to run is appropriate if the evidence is such that reasonable minds could draw but one conclusion. |
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Interest of S.F., et al. (CONFIDENTIAL)
2000 ND 161
Highlight: Parental rights will be terminated if: 1) the child is deprived; 2) the conditions and causes of the deprivation are likely to continue; and 3) the child is suffering, or will in the future probably suffer serious physical, mental, moral, or emotional harm. |
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Mann, et al. v. Zabolotny, et al.
2000 ND 160 Highlight: Amendment of pleadings by implication to conform to the evidence under N.D.R.Civ.P. 15(b) arises only when the evidence introduced is not relevant to any issue pleaded in the case. |
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City of Fargo v. Egeberg
2000 ND 159 Highlight: Probable cause to arrest a driver for driving while under the influence of alcohol is established by signs of physical or mental impairment and reason to believe the driver's impairment is caused by alcohol. |
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Interest of S.J.F. (CONFIDENTIAL) (CONSOLIDATED W/20000036)
2000 ND 158 |
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Krug v. Carlson (CONSOLIDATED w/990303)
2000 ND 157 |
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Peplinski v. County of Richland, et al.
2000 ND 156 |
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ND Dept. of Human Services v. Brenden
2000 ND 155
Highlight: If a notice to creditors is published and mailed in compliance with N.D.C.C. 30.1-19-01, the time for original presentation of claims expires three months after the date of the first publication and mailing of notice to creditors. |
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State v. Gregg
2000 ND 154
Highlight: Generally, evidence obtained as a result of illegally acquired evidence must be suppressed as "fruit of the poisonous tree." |
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State v. Norton
2000 ND 153 Highlight: The State's appeal from an order suppressing evidence, or suppressing a confession or admission, must be accompanied by the statutorily required statement of the prosecuting attorney. |
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State v. Steen (Consolidated w/990333 & 990334)
2000 ND 152 |
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Estate of Sagmiller
2000 ND 151
Highlight: Speculation on whether a different mode of sale may have brought a better price does not support a finding of commercial unreasonableness. |
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Kreidt v. Burlington Northern Railroad, et al.
2000 ND 150 |
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Garofalo v. St. Joseph's Hospital, et al.
2000 ND 149 Highlight: If the terms of a contract are ambiguous, extrinsic evidence regarding the parties' intent may be considered, and the terms of the contract and parties' intent are questions of fact, not questions of law. |
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State v. Entzi
2000 ND 148 |
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Tulintseff v. Jacobsen
2000 ND 147
Highlight: Remand for clarification of findings of fact is unnecessary when, through inference or deduction, this Court can discern the rationale for the result reached by the trial court. |