Walker v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State ex rel. La Follette v. Dammann · Asbury Hospital v. Cass County · State Ex Rel. Workmen's Compensation Fund v. E.W. Wylie Co. · Coulter v. Ramberg · Great Northern Railway Co. v. Mustad
Most-quoted passages
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““1. An Act of the Legislature will be construed by the courts in a practical manner and the words used in any statute will be understood in their ordinary sense. “2. Courts will take judicial notice of the official acts of public officers, and of the public laws of this State. Judicial notice will also be taken of the times of such occurrences which constitute the history of this State and of the contemporaneous history of North Dakota in determining the legislative intent leading up to and including the passage of a law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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