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State v. Haugen

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided August 20, 1986No. Cr. 1157 to 1159PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEVINE, Justice.

Melford Haugen, Jarl Hegvick, and Bernice Hegvick appeal from criminal judgments entered upon jury verdicts finding them guilty of the offense of threatening public servants. We reverse.

The defendants were Griggs County farmers who lost their farmland. In an effort to recover the land, the defendants, acting pro se, commenced lawsuits against everyone they thought might be connected with the subject matter of their grievances.

Haugen brought suit against the present owners of the farmland. Griggs County State’s Attorney James Wold represented the present landowners in the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Boyle v. LandrySupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. ThompsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2010
  2. State v. NoorlunNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Williams v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  4. State v. BornerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013
  5. United Bank of Bismarck v. YoungNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987

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