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List Of Justices Of The North Dakota Supreme Court ...
The following is a list of the North Dakota Supreme Court justices, split into their respective courts. North Dakota Supreme Court justices {{Lists of US Justices * Supreme Court Justices North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Dakota Supreme Court
The North Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the state of North Dakota. The Court rules on questions of law in appeals from the state's district courts. Each of the five justices are elected on a no-party ballot for ten year terms, arranged such that one seat is contested every two years. The Chief Justice is elected from the Justices every five years (or upon vacancy) by vote of the Supreme Court justices and the District Court judges. The Supreme Court is empowered to constitute a Court of Appeals consisting of a three-member panel chosen from active and retired District Court judges, retired Supreme Court justices, and lawyers. The Court of Appeals only hears cases specifically assigned to it by the Supreme Court, which is done only infrequently. Under Article 6, Section 4 of the North Dakota Constitution, The North Dakota Supreme Court "shall not declare a legislative enactment unconstitutional unless at least four of the members of the court so decide." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Grace (judge)
Richard Grace (November 8, 1868 – February 9, 1929) was an American lawyer and judge who served on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1918 through 1922. Early life and education Grace was born near Palmyra, Illinois on November 8, 1868. His early education took place in country schools. At the age of fifteen, his education was interrupted for several years following the death of his father. He later studied the preliminary requirements that allowed him to be admitted to Bushnell College near Peoria, Illinois. He attended Bushnell college for three years. Between 1889 and 1893 he studied law at a legal office in Springfield, Illinois while working as a teacher. He moved to Morris, Minnesota in 1893, and studied law at a legal office there while continuing to teach. Legal and judicial careers In 1895, Grace was admitted to the Minnesota Bar. He practiced law in Morris for ten years before moving to Mohall, North Dakota in 1905. In Mohall he practiced law until 1916, when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nels Johnson (judge)
Nels Johnson (April 30, 1896 – December 2, 1958) was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from April 1, 1954, to December 2, 1958.North Dakota Supreme Court Justices page for Nels Johnson Born in Akrens, Iceland
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Gudmunder Grimson
Gudmunder Grimson (November 20, 1878 – June 22, 1965) was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from September 19, 1949, to December 31, 1958.North Dakota Supreme Court Justices page for Gudmunder Grimson Born in , Grimson was brought by his family to the in 1882. They settled in what would eventually become , where Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas J
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Court and its longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but was frustrated over the church's insufficient attempts to combat racism. He abandoned his aspiration of becoming a clergyman to attend the College of the Holy Cross and, later, Yale Law School, where he was influenced by a number of conservative authors, notably Thomas Sowell, who dramatically shifted his worldview from progressive to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter O
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James Morris (North Dakota Judge)
James Morris (January 2, 1893 – July 20, 1980) was Attorney General of North Dakota, and a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1935 to 1964.North Dakota Supreme Court Justices page for James Morris Born in a in Bordulac, North Dakota, Morris attended high school and college in , receiving his law degree from the |
George Moellring
George Moellring (November 14, 1878 – May 31, 1935) was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from December 1, 1933, to the end of 1934.North Dakota Supreme Court Justices page for George Moellring Born in , Moellring studied law at Chaddock College of Law and Highland Park College, gaining |
Alexander Burr
Alexander Burr (February 25, 1871 – February 8, 1951) was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court The North Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the state of North Dakota. The Court rules on questions of law in appeals from the state's district courts. Each of the five justices are elected on a no-party ballot for ten year te ... from September 1, 1926, to September 15, 1949.North Dakota Supreme Court Justices page for Alexander Burr . References Justices of the North Dakota Supreme Court 1871 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Burke (North Dakota Politician)
John Burke (February 25, 1859 – May 14, 1937) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota who served as the 10th governor of North Dakota from 1907 to 1913, and later served as the 24th treasurer of the United States under President Woodrow Wilson. Following his term as treasurer, he subsequently served intermittently as Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court first from 1929-1931, then from 1935 until his death in 1937. Early life Burke was born in Sigourney, Iowa of Irish ancestry to John and Mary (née Ryan) Burke. He graduated from the University of Iowa in 1886 with a law degree. He married Mary E. Kane, a teacher, on August 22, 1891, and they later had three children. After establishing two separate practices of middling success in the late 1880s, Burke moved to the Dakota Territory poor in 1888 where he acquired work wherever he could before settling down in St. John in Rolette County. Career Following his move to St. John, Burke be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveinbjorn Johnson
Sveinbjörn Johnson (July 10, 1883 – March 16, 1946) was an Icelandic-born American lawyer, politician and scholar. Biography Johnson was born at Hólar in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland on July 10, 1883, the oldest of ten children born to John and Gudbjorn Johnson. He came to Dakota Territory with his parents in 1887 at the age of four. His family settled on a farm in Pembina County, North Dakota. Johnson received his early education in the state's public schools, completing the combined seven-year high school and college course in four years. He then attended the University of North Dakota, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in 1906, a master of arts degree in 1907 and a law degree in 1908. He subsequently undertook graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin. Upon graduation from law school, Johnson went to Bismarck, North Dakota, where he organized the legislative reference library. North Dakota legal career In 1911 Johnson opened a law office ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Nuessle
William L. Nuessle (May 5, 1878 – March 30, 1959) was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1923 to December 31, 1950. He first won election to court in 1922. He subsequently won reelection in 1928, 1934, and 1940. He had previously served as a judge on the North Dakota District Courts and as the state's attorney for McLean County. Early life and education Nuessle was born May 5, 1878, in North Boston, New York. In 1866, he moved with his parents to the Dakota Territory, living on a farm near Emerato in Grand Forks County. Nuessle attended public schools in the Grand Forks area for his early education. He attended the University of North Dakota, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in 1889 and his Juris Doctor in 1901. Career Nuessle was admitted to the bar and opened a legal office in Goodrich, North Dakota. In 1904, he moved to Washburn, North Dakota and was elected state's attorney for McLean County, holding the position for four years. In 1912, Nuessle was elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
