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| Grand Forks, Fargo hold Law Day events | |||||
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Events were held in Grand Forks and Fargo to celebrate Law Day. Here are the photos.
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| East Central Drug Court celebrates anniversary | |||||
| The East Central Judicial District Adult Drug Court in Fargo held its five-year anniversary celebration on May 9 at the Cass County Courthouse. The court thanked drug court program suppporters and recognized the accomplishments of its past and present participants. | |||||
| S.D.: Court says auto insurance covers gun accident in pickup | |||||
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Aberdeen American News/AP: "An auto insurance policy must cover injuries caused when a rifle accidentally fired in a pickup being used by deer hunters in Beadle County, a split South Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday."
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| Wyo.: Court reinstates eagle kill charge | |||||
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Casper Star Tribune/AP: "A member of the Northern Arapaho Tribe who killed a bald eagle for use in his tribe's Sun Dance in 2005 must stand trial, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday."
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| Minn.: Court upholds conviction in teen's execution-style slaying | |||||
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Minneapolis Star Tribune: "The state Supreme Court [May 8] again upheld the conviction of a Duluth man serving a life sentence for acting as the ringleader in the kidnapping, beating and killing of a Two Harbors teenager after a minor traffic
accident in 1996."
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| Juvenile Policy Board May 9 agenda | |||||
| The agenda for the May 9 meeting of the Juvenile Policy Board, and the Board's Feb. 29 minutes, have been posted. | |||||
| Job Announcement | |||||
| A job announcement for an Attorney II with the North Dakota Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in Bismarck has been posted. | |||||
| Six attorneys admitted to N.D. bar | |||||
| Six attorneys were admitted to the North Dakota bar May 6 in ceremonies at the Supreme Court: Lukas Andrud, Michelle Eichler, Rebekah Haines, Jacqueline Kalk, Laura Megan-Posch and Jeb Oehlke. | |||||
| Custody investigator/guardian ad litem training offered | |||||
| The State Bar Association and the North Dakota Supreme Court are offering orientation training for people interested in becoming a custody investigator or guardian ad litem. The training will cover the role of the custody investigator and guardian ad litem, best interest factors, domestic violence issues, visitation and parent/child contact and related custody issues. | |||||
| Local juvenile drug court showing positive results | |||||
| Williston Herald: "North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven has declared May 2008 as Drug Court Month. Williston began holding a Juvenile Drug Court program in January. Former Juvenile Supervisor Jack Colby is coordinating the program here." | |||||
| Judge taps U.S. attorney for Wyo | |||||
| Casper Star Tribune: "U.S. District Judge William Downes appointed Kelly H. Rankin on Saturday to the post of U.S. attorney for Wyoming." | |||||
| Minn.: Justice center, jail stay on budget | |||||
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G.F. Herald: "Polk County bean counters are patting themselves on the back this week after a recent check on spending for the new Northwest Regional Corrections Center and adjacent county justice center showed their projections were right on the
money."
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| 8th Circuit issues opinion in N.D. drug case | |||||
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has affirmed the sentence imposed in a North Dakota drug case.
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| Like a farmhand, Ag's Ed Schafer does it all | |||||
U.S. News: "With a resume like Ed Schafer's, President Bush could have picked the former two-term North Dakota governor, boyhood farmer, telecommunications exec, conservationist, Junkyard Wars runner-up, and classic car and tractor restorer to run
any of about six cabinet agencies."
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| Devils Lake plans juvenile drug court | |||||
| JDC News: "Devils Lake will be the next site for a juvenile drug court. It is planned to begin operation in January 2009." | |||||
| U.S.: Mildred Loving broke legal ground with nuptials | |||||
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St. Paul Pioneer Press/AP: "Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday."
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| U.S.: Judge pay hike may be running out of steam | |||||
| Law.com: "Hope is beginning to dim that Congress will pass a pay hike for federal judges this year -- despite some early legislative successes and behind-the-scenes lobbying by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr." | |||||
| S.D.: Long unsure of court cameras committee timetable | |||||
| Aberdeen American News/AP: "Attorney General Larry Long, who is on a committee charged with developing proposed rules on television and radio coverage of South Dakota's circuit courts, says he's not sure when the 22-member group will send its ideas to the state Supreme Court." | |||||
| Minn.: Grant to be used to create domestic-abuse court | |||||
| St. Cloud Times: "A $300,000 grant will increase Stearns County's work with victims of domestic violence and improve the way it monitors offenders. The Minnesota Office of Justice Programs awarded the problem-solving grant to start a domestic violence court for repeat felony offenders." | |||||
| Minn.: Court rules against PUC in CenterPoint cost recovery case | |||||
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St. Paul Pioneer Press/AP: "The state's utilities regulator must reconsider its decision to block CenterPoint Energy from recovering $21 million from customers that it underbilled over four years, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled [May 6]."
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| Appellate practice tip of the week | |||||
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Be a resource to the Court to help it understand the law and the facts.
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| New Opinion: April 25 | |||||
| The Supreme Court posted a new opinion on April 25. | |||||
| Job Announcement | |||||
| A job announcement for a tribal prosecutor in New Town has been posted. | |||||
| Job Announcement | |||||
| A job announcement for an Administrative Assistant II with the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents in Bismarck has been posted. | |||||
| Job Announcement | |||||
| A job announcement for an assistant state's attorney for Morton County has been posted. | |||||
| Job Announcement | |||||
| A readvertised job announcement for a trial court manager in Bismarck has been posted. | |||||
| Job Announcement | |||||
| A job announcement for a law clerk to the Supreme Court has been posted. | |||||
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