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Blue Steel Oil and Gas v. NDIC, et al. 2023 ND 101
Docket No.: 20220359
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Administrative Proceeding
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: An operator of oil and gas wells may impose a statutory penalty on a mineral owner who does not lease or participate in the risks and cost of drilling.

A risk penalty may be imposed only if an operator has made a good-faith attempt to lease from a non-participating mineral owner.

Blue Steel Oil and Gas v. NDIC, et al. 2023 ND 101
Docket No.: 20220359
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Administrative Proceeding
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Interest of P.S. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2023 ND 100
Docket No.: 20220298
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Highlight: Civil commitments of sexually dangerous individuals are reviewed under a modified clearly erroneous standard. A district court’s decision will be affirmed unless it is induced by an erroneous view of the law or the decision is not supported by clear and convincing evidence.

Substantive due process requires that in order to be civilly committed as a sexually dangerous individual, that individual must have serious difficulty controlling their behaviors. There must be a connection between an individual’s disorder and their inability to control behavior such that it would likely result in future sexually predatory conduct. In establishing this connection, a district court cannot rely solely on prognostic factors, but must support its finding with contemporary evidence or specific instances of conduct to demonstrate serious difficulty controlling behavior.

Under N.D.C.C. § 25-03.3-13, the executive director of the Department of Human Services maintains authority to place a sexually dangerous individual in an appropriate facility or program at which treatment is available. A district court is not allowed to determine treatment placement under N.D.C.C. § 25-03.3-13 at a discharge hearing.

Interest of P.S. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2023 ND 100
Docket No.: 20220298
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: Jensen, Jon J.

Interest of G.L.D. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2023 ND 99
Docket No.: 20220295
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Highlight: A district court order denying petition for discharge from civil commitment as a sexually dangerous individual is affirmed.

Interest of G.L.D. (CONFIDENTIAL) 2023 ND 99
Docket No.: 20220295
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Individual
Author: Crothers, Daniel John

Gwilliams v. Gwilliams 2023 ND 98
Docket No.: 20220149
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Divorce - Property
Author: McEvers, Lisa K. Fair

Highlight: Whether to stay enforcement of a judgment pending appeal is a collateral matter within the district court’s jurisdiction.

An order denying a motion for contempt and an order denying a motion for N.D.R.Civ.P. 60(b) relief from a divorce judgment are summarily affirmed under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(4).

Gwilliams v. Gwilliams 2023 ND 98
Docket No.: 20220149
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Civil - Divorce - Property
Author: McEvers, Lisa K. Fair

State v. Brown 2023 ND 97
Docket No.: 20220315
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Felony
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.

Highlight: The court may modify or enlarge conditions of probation at any time before the expiration or termination of the period for which the probation remains conditional, upon notice to the probationer and with good cause. If the probationer violates a condition of probation, the court may continue the existing probation with or without modifying or enlarging the conditions or revoke probation and impose sentence.

A probationer is entitled to notice of the alleged violations of probation.

Where the court sets a revocation matter for review at a subsequent hearing without issuing a final order disposing of the petition, the petition remains pending until that later hearing and issuance of a final order.

State v. Brown 2023 ND 97
Docket No.: 20220315
Filing Date: 5/30/2023
Case Type: Appeal - Criminal - Misc. Felony
Author: Tufte, Jerod E.
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