Thompson v. North Dakota Department of Agriculture

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture appealed from a district court judgment reversing its revocation of Tommy and Ted Thompson’s livestock dealer’s license and ordering the Department to accept their application for relicensure without special conditions. We reverse.

Tommy and Ted Thompson are South Dakota cattle buyers doing business as Thompson Livestock, a partnership. In 1987, they applied to the Department for a livestock dealer’s license in the name of Thompson Livestock. The application designated Tommy and Ted Thompson and Darrell Nickelson as agents of the…