On this day in 1937, Judge Kermit Bye was born in a railroad section house during a blizzard in the small town of Hatton, ND. After Bye graduated the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1962, he began his career as Deputy Security Commissioner for the State of North Dakota which was a […]
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On this date in 1932, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. retired as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court at the age of 90. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 8, 1841, Holmes was the son of a highly respected and prominent Boston physician. He was raised in Boaston in a family of comfortable […]
On this date in 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt nominated Wiley B. Rutledge to serve as an Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Rutledge was born in Cloverport, Kentucky on July 20, 1894. After graduating with an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rutledge moved to Indiana and taught high school while attending […]
On this date in 1907, Justice Edward Engerud resigned as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court. Born on February 13, 1868 in Racine, Wisconsin, Engerud moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota in 1881 where he began studying law. After being admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1889, he practiced law in Fergus Falls, MN […]
On this date in 2001, Judge Rodney Webb retired from the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. Born on June 21, 1935 in Cavalier, ND, Webb graduated the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1959. Upon admission to the Bar that year, Webb joined a small law firm in […]
On this date in 1971, Justice John Marshall Harlan II died in Washington, D.C. from spinal cancer. Born in Chicago, Illinois on May 20, 1899, Harlan was the son of a Chicago lawyer. His grandfather and namesake, John Marshall Harlan, served on the U.S. Supreme Court as an Associate Justice from 1877 to 1911. (See […]
On this date in 1843, Justice Smith Thompson passed away at age 75 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Born in New York City on January 17, 1768, Thompson went on to graduate from Prinction University in 1788. Thompson then “read the law” under the watchfull eye of Gilbert Livingston and James Kent, who is a towering […]
On Friday, December 13th, Larry Richards spoke to the resident physicians at the Altru Family Medicine Residency in Grand Forks, ND about physician contracts and the basics of contract negotiations. The seminar was held at the daily noon conference and covered everything from knowing your market, basic elements of a physician contract, covenant not to […]
On this date in 1971, Judge Bruce Van Sickle was nominated by President Richard Nixon for a seat on the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota for the seat being vacated by the retiring Judge George Register. Born on February 13, 1917 in Minot, ND, Van Sickle went on to attend […]
On this date in 1853, Justice Burleigh F. Spalding of the North Dakota Supreme Court was born in Craftsbury, Vermont. After being educated in Craftsbury, Spalding attended Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont where he graduated in 1877. He studied law in Montpelier, Vt. and was admitted to the bar in 1880. In 1880, Spalding along […]