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Fiebiger v. Anderson
2024 ND 156 Highlight: In summary judgment proceedings, the non-moving party cannot rely on pleadings or unsupported conclusionary allegations. The non-moving party must present admissible evidence that raises an issue of material fact. If the non-moving party does not meet their burden, the district court may grant summary judgment |
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Anderson v. Foss, et al.
2024 ND 154 Highlight: A district court's order is affirmed in part and remanded for 30 days while retaining jurisdiction under N.D.R.App.P. 35(a)(3) for no further proceedings other than to provide the additional findings requested by the Court. |
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State v. Reiswig
2024 ND 153
Highlight: This Court employs a trustworthiness approach when analyzing whether a confession is sufficiently corroborated. Under this approach, not every statement made in a confession must be independently verified; instead, we look to a statement made in its entirety and the facts and circumstances in which it was made to determine if it is reliable and trustworthy. |
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State v. Prescott
2024 ND 152 Highlight: A criminal judgment for gross sexual imposition is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). |
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Schweitzer v. State
2024 ND 151 Highlight: A petitioner for postconviction relief must show how his counsel was ineffective through law, rules, or evidence, and cannot rely solely on conclusionary statements. |
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State v. Evitt
2024 ND 150
Highlight: Hunting without a license and violating a governor's proclamation are crimes in North Dakota that the State has authority to prosecute and the district courts have jurisdiction to redress. |
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Durr v. Volden, et al.
2024 ND 149 Highlight: In a trust relationship, a beneficiary has the burden of establishing their fiduciary made unaccounted-for withdrawals or made suspicious transactions that indicate undue influence. If the beneficiary proves this, a court must presume undue influence occurred for any benefit gained by the fiduciary. To avoid liability to the beneficiary for the transactions, the fiduciary must rebut the presumption to show no undue influence occurred. |
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Schoenberg v. Schoenberg
2024 ND 148
Highlight: Under the residual exception to the hearsay rule, a hearsay statement is admissible if the statement is supported by sufficient guarantees of trustworthiness and it is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence that the proponent can obtain through reasonable efforts. The proponent failed to show that a letter containing hearsay statements from the children is more probative than affidavits or declarations from the children, or that the affidavits or declarations could not have been obtained through reasonable efforts. |
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Ritter v. Ritter
2024 ND 147
Highlight: A trial court's property valuations and division of the parties' assets and debts, and refinancing of debts are findings of fact subject to the clearly erroneous standard of review. |
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State v. Juneau
2024 ND 146 Highlight: A jury verdict finding a defendant guilty of robbery under N.D.C.C. § 12.1-22-01(2) while simultaneously determining he did not direct the force of a deadly weapon against the victim is legally inconsistent. |