Legal Opinion
Kelsh v. Jaeger
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 28, 2002No. 20020060PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
[¶ 1] Jerome Kelsh petitions this Court to exercise its original jurisdiction to issue a writ of prohibition enjoining the Secretary of State from administering an election for the office of state senator in District 26 for the 2002 primary and general elections. Kelsh asserts N.D.C.C. § 54-03-01.8 truncates his four-year senate term and thereby violates N.D. Const, art. IV, § 4, requiring a senator’s term must be for four years. We hold the language in N.D.C.C. § 54-03-01.8 that allows an incumbent state senator to decide whether to stop an election for state senator in District 26 in 2002…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- County of Stutsman v. State Historical Society of North DakotaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
- Southern Valley Grain Dealers Ass'n v. Board of County CommissionersNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. JohannesonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967
- Ferch v. Housing Authority of Cass CountyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1953
- State v. HagertyNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
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3Cited by27 opinions
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