Stenehjem, ex rel. v. National Audubon Society, Inc.

[¶ 43] I respectfully dissent. The Audubon corporation cannot rely on its ongoing and longtime violation of the Corporate Farming Law to justify its continuing violation. Like all persons, the Audubon corporation is presumed to know the law and is properly precluded from claiming benefit from its wrongful conduct.

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[¶44] This Court has previously indicated that compliance with North Dakota’s Corporate Farming Law is a continuing obligation:

The 1981 amendments repealed the exception relied upon by the district court in its 1965 decision, leaving in effect statutory language which forbids the…