Dimond v. State Ex Rel. State Board of Higher Education

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Dr. Mark Dimond appealed a summary judgment dismissing his breach of contract action against the State of North Dakota, by and through the State Board of Higher Education (“Board”). We conclude Dimond’s action against the Board is barred by the three-year statute of limitations in N.D.C.C. § 28-01-22.1, and we affirm.

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[¶ 2] Dimond was a tenured music professor at Minot State University, a public university under the Board’s control. In May 1994, Dr. Joseph Hegstad, Chair of the Music Division at the university, advised Dimond that Hegstad intended to recommend…