Opinions
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Livingston v. WSI, et al.
2022 ND 6 Highlight: A district court judgment affirming an administrative law judge’s decision that affirmed a North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance decision denying benefits is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(5). |
Livingston v. WSI, et al.
2022 ND 6 |
Lebeau v. State
2022 ND 5 Highlight: A district court order summarily dismissing a second application for postconviction relief is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2) and (7). |
Lebeau v. State
2022 ND 5 |
Muscha v. Krolik, et al.
2022 ND 4
Highlight: Evidence that is suppressed in a criminal case may be admissible in a subsequent civil proceeding. |
Muscha v. Krolik, et al.
2022 ND 4 |
State v. Dargbeh
2022 ND 3 Highlight: Evidence of other acts or crimes the defendant committed are excluded under N.D.R.Ev. 404(b) only when the acts or crimes are independent of the charged crime and do not fit into the rule's exceptions. |
State v. Dargbeh
2022 ND 3 |
Gerving v. Gerving, et al.
2022 ND 2
Highlight: The district court must comply with the child support guidelines in calculating a parent’s child support obligation. |
Tergesen, et al. v. Nelson Homes
2022 ND 1
Highlight: Whether a party has breached a contract is a finding of fact, which will not be reversed on appeal unless it is clearly erroneous. |
Tergesen, et al. v. Nelson Homes
2022 ND 1 |
Matter of Knoke
2021 ND 240
Highlight: The district court’s probable cause determination in a civil commitment case becomes moot once the commitment hearing is held. |
State v. Carrillo
2021 ND 239
Highlight: A preliminary hearing is not a trial on the merits, and the State must only produce sufficient evidence to satisfy the court that a crime has been committed and that the accused is probably guilty. |
State v. Carrillo
2021 ND 239 |
Estate of Smith
2021 ND 238
Highlight: In a proceeding initiated as informal probate, extensive litigation can convert the proceedings into formal probate. |
Estate of Smith
2021 ND 238 |
Taszarek, et al. v. Lakeview Excavating, et al.
2021 ND 237
Highlight: When the Court remands for redetermination of an issue without specifying the procedure to be followed, the district court may decide the issue based on the evidence already before it or may take additional evidence. |
Cavare v. Kjelgren
2021 ND 236
Highlight: In an appeal from a bench trial, the district court’s findings of fact are reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard and its conclusions of law are fully reviewable. |
State v. Roberts
2021 ND 235
Highlight: Corroboration of an accomplice’s testimony is required under N.D.C.C. § 29-21-14. The corroboration need not establish a prima facie case, but must tend to connect the defendant with the crime. |
State v. Roberts
2021 ND 235 |
Heggem v. Heggem
2021 ND 234 Highlight: An order denying a motion to modify primary residential responsibility is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7). |
Heggem v. Heggem
2021 ND 234 |
Hehr v. Hehr
2021 ND 233 Highlight: A district court’s distribution of marital property in a divorce proceeding is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). |
Hehr v. Hehr
2021 ND 233 |
Bridges v. State (consolidated w/20210119)
2021 ND 232 Highlight: A petitioner must file an application for postconviction relief within two years of the date the conviction becomes final. However, a court may consider an application for relief after the two years have elapsed if the applicant establishes that he or she suffered from a mental disease that precluded a timely application for relief. |
Bridges v. State (consolidated w/20210119)
2021 ND 232 |
Visser v. Visser, et al.
2021 ND 231 Highlight: A district court order denying a motion to modify primary residential responsibility is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). |
Visser v. Visser, et al.
2021 ND 231 |
State v. Olsen
2021 ND 230 Highlight: A criminal judgment entered after a jury found the defendant guilty of gross sexual imposition is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3) and (7). |
State v. Olsen
2021 ND 230 |
Motisi v. Hebron Public School District
2021 ND 229
Highlight: District courts consider the whole statute to determine the intent of the legislature, deriving that intent by comparing every section and subsection as a part of that whole, and by considering other statutes on the same subject matter. |
Motisi v. Hebron Public School District
2021 ND 229 |
American Federal Bank v. Grommesh, et al.
2021 ND 228
Highlight: When summary judgments are reviewed, the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the opposing party, giving that party the benefit of all favorable inference which can reasonably be drawn from the record. |
Vacancy in Judgeship No. 4, ECJD
2021 ND 227 Highlight: Comments due December 16, 2021 |
Vacancy in Judgeship No. 4, ECJD
2021 ND 227 |
State v. Brown
2021 ND 226
Highlight: A preliminary hearing is not a trial on the merits, and finding of probable cause may be based on hearsay evidence and evidence that would be inadmissible at the trial. |
State v. Brown
2021 ND 226 |
State v. Vannett
2021 ND 225
Highlight: An officer does not seize a person under the Fourth Amendment by approaching them in a public place. |
State v. Vannett
2021 ND 225 |
State v. Hatcher
2021 ND 224 Highlight: A criminal judgment and an order denying a motion to withdraw guilty pleas are summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4). |
State v. Hatcher
2021 ND 224 |
State v. Houkom
2021 ND 223 Highlight: The official proceeding or matter in which a false statement was made directly controls whether the falsification can be said to be material under N.D.C.C. § 12.1-11-03(1). |
Hunter v. WSI
2021 ND 222 Highlight: A district court judgment affirming an administrative law judge’s decision that affirmed a North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance decision denying benefits is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(5) and (7). |
Hunter v. WSI
2021 ND 222 |
Narloch v. Narloch, et al.
2021 ND 221 Highlight: Denial of a motion to relocate with minor children is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(2). |
Narloch v. Narloch, et al.
2021 ND 221 |
State v. Lindeman
2021 ND 220
Highlight: A precise time period is not required in a criminal prosecution unless time is an essential element of an offense. |
State v. Lindeman
2021 ND 220 |
State v. Rieger
2021 ND 219 Highlight: A judgment finding the defendant guilty of corruption of a minor, victim over fifteen and adult over twenty-two, a class C felony, is summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(3). |
State v. S.J.H., et al. (Confidential)
2021 ND 218 Highlight: Under N.D.C.C. § 14-20-49(2), if an individual whose paternity is being determined declines to submit to genetic testing ordered by a court, a court may adjudicate parentage contrary to the position of that individual. |