User:Ebbillings/sandbox/North Dakota Legislative Assembly v. Burgum
| North Dakota Legislative Assembly v. Burgum | |
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| Court | North 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 |
| Decided | July 13, 2018 |
| Citation | Case no. 20170436 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Chief Justice Gerald W. VandeWalle, Daniel J. Crothers, Lisa K. Fair McEvers, Jon J. Jensen, Jerod E. Tufte |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Jerod E. Tufte |
| Concur/dissent | Gerald 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.