https://ndconst.org/ 2026-07-27T12:09:37+00:00 https://ndconst.org/ https://ndconst.org/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2026-07-22T00:26:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/artvi/sec1/research?rev=1784680000&do=diff 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. text/html 2026-07-22T00:26:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/artvi/sec1/sidebar?rev=1784680000&do=diff Cases State v. Baker, 288 N.W. 202 (1939) (“This court has early held that these grants were in their nature exclusive and that neither department could exercise any of the functions of the other.”) State v. Blaisdell, 132 N.W. 769 (1911) (“[T]here can no longer be any doubt that each department is supreme within its own sphere, or that the judicial power of this state has been exclusively vested, under § 85, supra, in the courts. text/html 1976-10-07T12:00:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://ndconst.org/artvi/sec1/start?rev=213537600&do=diff 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. [Originally § 85 of the 1976 judicial article (S.L. 1977, ch. 599), which replaced the original judicial article (old §§ 85-120) effective Oct. 7, 1976; renumbered art. VI, § 1 effective 1981-01-01.]