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North Dakota Legislative Assembly v. Burgum
CourtNorth Dakota Supreme Court
Full case name North Dakota Legislative Assembly, Senator Ray Holmberg, Representative Al Carlson, Senator Rich Wardner, Senator Joan Heckaman, and Representative Corey Mock v. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and North Dakota Attorney General Wayne K. Stenehjem
DecidedJuly 13, 2018 (2018-07-13)
CitationCase no. 20170436
Court membership
Judges sittingChief Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle, Daniel J. Crothers, Lisa K. Fair McEvers, Jon J. Jensen, Jerod E. Tufte
Case opinions
Decision byJerod E. Tufte
Concur/dissentGerald W. VandeWalle, Daniel J. Crothers

North Dakota Legislative Assembly v. Burgum, was an original jurisdiction 2018 North Dakota Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that four out of five of Governor Doug Burgum's line item vetoes of various appropriations made by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly were ineffective. The Court also ruled that the Legislative Assembly unconstitutionally encroached upon executive authority in another bill. The case marked the first time in which the North Dakota Supreme Court was asked to resolve a lawsuit in which the executive and legislative branches of government were opposing parties.

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Category:North Dakota state case law