Opinions
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Friesner v. Friesner, et al.
2019 ND 30
Highlight: A district court’s choice for primary residential responsibility between two fit parents is a difficult one, and the Supreme Court will not retry the case or substitute its judgment for that of the district court when its decision is supported by the evidence. |
State v. Bearrunner
2019 ND 29
Highlight: Whether a fence is so enclosed as manifestly to exclude intruders is a finding of fact. |
State v. Foster
2019 ND 28 Highlight: A witness may testify from personal knowledge about the witness’s own actions and observations even when they relate to acts technical in nature. If evidence is admitted in error, this Court will consider the entire record and decide in light of all the evidence whether the error was so prejudicial the defendant’s rights were affected and a different decision would have occurred absent the error. |
Helbling v. Helbling
2019 ND 27
Highlight: When a divorce settlement agreement is incorporated and merged into a judgment, only the final judgment is interpreted and enforced, not the underlying contract between the parties. |
Western Energy Corporation v. Stauffer, et al.
2019 ND 26 Highlight: District court judgment finding reformation of 1959 warranty deed barred by the ten-year statute of limitation under N.D.C.C. § 28-01-15(2) is affirmed. |
Swanson v. Swanson
2019 ND 25
Highlight: District court division of marital property was not clearly erroneous. |
Grina v. Job Service, et al.
2019 ND 24 Highlight: A Job Service decision is affirmed when a reasoning mind reasonably could have determined the agency’s factual conclusions were proved by the weight of evidence. |
Interest of Jane Doe (CONFIDENTIAL)
2019 ND 23
Highlight: A district court’s finding that a person is mentally ill and in need of treatment will not be reversed unless it is clearly erroneous. |
State v. Pittenger
2019 ND 22 Highlight: Closing a trial to the public without proper analysis is a structural error requiring automatic reversal. |
State v. Lyon
2019 ND 21 Highlight: A sentence in excess of a statutory provision or in some other way contrary to an applicable statute is an illegal sentence. |