N.D. Const. art. VI, § 1 — Research

Vesting of Judicial Power. Text of the section: current and prior versions.

Every citing reference in the corpus: 13 court opinions and 2 Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 85 (from 1976-10-07)), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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Topics are machine-generated groupings of the citing references — reading aids, not editorial judgments. Documents cited after the last classification pass appear in the lists below until the next pass.

• Zundel v. City of Jamestown, et al., 2024 ND 162 (2024, per curiam) · quotes the provision
  • ¶ 14: “…"The judicial power of the state is vested in a unified judicial system consisting of a supreme court, a district court, and such other courts as may be provided by law." N.D. Const. art. VI, § 1. "The supreme court shall have authority to promulgate rules of procedure ... to be followed by all the courts of this state." N.D. Const. art. VI, § 3. Under North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rule 19(2)(c) (197…”
• N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 96-F-20 (1996)
• In Interest of EJH, 1996 ND 84 (1996, VandeWalle, J.)
• South Forks Shopping Center, Inc. v. Dastmalchi, 1989 ND 173 (1989, Meschke, J.)
• Timm v. Schoenwald, 1987 ND 16 (1987, VandeWalle, J.)
• Paluck v. Bd. of Cty. Comm'rs, Stark County, 1981 ND 111 (1981, VandeWalle, J.) · quotes the provision
  • “…law for cities, incorporated towns and villages. The constitution of North Dakota does not permit the creation of special courts by the legislature, only those courts that are enumerated in the constitution.” The district court’s language reflects reliance on Section 85 of the North Dakota Constitution which prior to its repeal in 1976 provided: “The judicial power of the State of North Dakota shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, county courts, justices of the peace, an…”

• Energy Transfer, et al. v. Gion, et al., 2026 ND 93 (2026, Tufte, J.)
• Matter of Emelia Hirsch Trust, 2025 ND 79 (2025, Tufte, J.)
• State v. Neilan, 2021 ND 217 (2021, Jensen, J.)
• Nygaard v. Taylor (consolidated w/ 20170017), 2017 ND 206 (2017, McEvers, J.)

• State v. Louser, et al., 2021 ND 89 (2021, VandeWalle, J.) · quotes the provision
  • ¶ 9: “…egislative power is vested in the legislative assembly. N.D. Const. art. III, § 1. "The executive power is vested in the governor ...." N.D. Const. art. V, § 1. "The judicial power of the state is vested in a unified judicial system ...." N.D. Const. art. VI, § 1. Further, "[t]he legislative, executive, and judicial branches are coequal branches of government." N.D. Const. art. XI, § 26.…”
• N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2019-L-05 (2019)
• N.D. Legislative Assembly, et al. v. Burgum, 2018 ND 189 (2018, Tufte, J.) · quotes the provision
  • ¶ 40: “…¶40] The North Dakota Constitution creates three branches of government and vests each branch with a distinct type of power. N.D. Const. art. III, § 1 ("[T]he legislative power of this state shall be vested in a legislative assembly...."); N.D. Const. art. V, § 1 ("The executive power is vested in the governor...."); N.D. Const. art. VI, § 1 ("The judicial power of the state is vested in a unified judicial system...."). By vesting each branch with a distinct form of power, the C…”

• United Hospital v. D'Annunzio, 1991 ND 28 (1991, Meschke, J.) · quotes the provision
  • “…itutional statements in Spencer’s time are nearly identical to today’s. NDCC 11–10–01 says that “[e]ach organized county is a body corporate for civil and political purposes ... [and] may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with.” N.D. Const. Art. VI, § 1, says that “[t]he judicial power of the state is vested in a unified judicial system consisting of a supreme court, a district court, and such other courts as may be provided by law.” Spencer, therefore, is persuasive a…”
• Schnell v. Schnell, 1977 ND 30 (1977, Vogel, J.)

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