State Supreme Court / N.D.

Williams County Social Services Board v. Falcon

Decided April 24, 1985. Herman Fredrick Gierke III wrote the opinion for the court.

367 N.W.2d 170 · Cited 53 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Strom v. Giske · 68 N.W.2d 838
Perez v. Singh · 21 Cal. App. 3d 870
Burlington Northern, Inc. v. Hall · 322 N.W.2d 233
State v. Buckley · 325 N.W.2d 169
State Ex Rel. Department of Human Services v. Davis · 654 P.2d 1038
Howell v. Brummell · 446 A.2d 1149
State v. Skjonsby · 319 N.W.2d 764
Jones v. Boeing Company · 153 N.W.2d 897
State v. Helgeson · 303 N.W.2d 342
Grandin v. Gardiner · 63 N.W.2d 128
In Interest of Gust · 345 N.W.2d 42
Haugen v. Mid-State Aviation, Inc. · 144 N.W.2d 692
Gerhardt v. D.L.K. · 327 N.W.2d 113
Sigurdson v. Lahr & Lahr, Inc. · 299 N.W.2d 792

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