List of North Dakota Supreme Court Justices
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The following is a list of the North Dakota Supreme Court
North Dakota Supreme Court
The North Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the state of North Dakota. The Court rules on questions of law in appeals from the state's district courts....

 justices
, split into their respective courts.

North Dakota Supreme Court Justices

Court Justice
1 2 3 4 5
1st
(1889–1898)
Guy C. H. Corliss
Guy C. H. Corliss
Guy C. H. Corliss was an American judge who served one of the first three Justices of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1889 to 1898. He died in Portland, Oregon in 1937 at age 79.-External links:*...

Joseph Bartholomew
Joseph Bartholomew
Joseph Bartholomew was an American judge who served one of the first three Justices of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1889 to 1900. He died unexpectedly in 1901 at age 57.-External links:*...

Alfred Wallin
Alfred Wallin
Alfred Wallin was an American judge who served one of the first three Justices of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1889 to 1902.-Background:...

2nd
(1898–1900)
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1898 to 1906. He died in Fargo, North Dakota in 1912 at age 61.-External links:*...

Joseph Bartholomew
Joseph Bartholomew
Joseph Bartholomew was an American judge who served one of the first three Justices of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1889 to 1900. He died unexpectedly in 1901 at age 57.-External links:*...

Alfred Wallin
Alfred Wallin
Alfred Wallin was an American judge who served one of the first three Justices of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1889 to 1902.-Background:...

3rd
(1901–1902)
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1898 to 1906. He died in Fargo, North Dakota in 1912 at age 61.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Alfred Wallin
Alfred Wallin
Alfred Wallin was an American judge who served one of the first three Justices of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1889 to 1902.-Background:...

4th
(1903–1904)
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1898 to 1906. He died in Fargo, North Dakota in 1912 at age 61.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

John M. Cochrane
John M. Cochrane
John M. Cochrane was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1903 to 1904. He died while in office at the age of 45.-External links:*...

5th
(1904–1906)
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young
Newton C. Young was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1898 to 1906. He died in Fargo, North Dakota in 1912 at age 61.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Edward Engerud
Edward Engerud
Edward Engerud was an American attorney who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1904 to 1907. He died at the age of 52. Engerud was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He was a Congregationalist....

6th
(1906–1906)
John Knauf
John Knauf
John Knauf was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota in 1906. He was first appointed to the court in 1906 after justice Newton C. Young resigned, and he did not win re-election later that year, making his tenure of four and one half months on the court the...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Edward Engerud
Edward Engerud
Edward Engerud was an American attorney who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1904 to 1907. He died at the age of 52. Engerud was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He was a Congregationalist....

7th
(1907–1907)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Edward Engerud
Edward Engerud
Edward Engerud was an American attorney who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1904 to 1907. He died at the age of 52. Engerud was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He was a Congregationalist....

8th
(1907–1909)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877...

9th
(1909–1910)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877...

Sidney E. Ellsworth John Carmody
John Carmody
John Carmody is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .Carmody, the son of Collingwood premiership player Jack Carmody, was a rover, half forward and wingman...

10th
(1911-1911)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

David Morgan
David Morgan (North Dakota)
David Morgan was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1901 to 1911. He died in California in 1912 at age 62.-External links:*...

Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877...

Evan B. Goss
Evan B. Goss
Evan B. Goss was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916.-External links:*...

Edward T. Burke
Edward T. Burke
Edward T. Burke was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916. He died on Christmas Day in Flossmoor, Illinois in 1935 at age 65.-External links:*...

11th
(1911-1914)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

Andrew A. Bruce
Andrew A. Bruce
Andrew A. Bruce was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1918. He died in Minnesota in 1934 at age 68.-External links:*...

Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding was a United States Representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont in 1877...

Evan B. Goss
Evan B. Goss
Evan B. Goss was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916.-External links:*...

Edward T. Burke
Edward T. Burke
Edward T. Burke was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916. He died on Christmas Day in Flossmoor, Illinois in 1935 at age 65.-External links:*...

12th
(1915-1916)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

Andrew A. Bruce
Andrew A. Bruce
Andrew A. Bruce was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1918. He died in Minnesota in 1934 at age 68.-External links:*...

Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

Evan B. Goss
Evan B. Goss
Evan B. Goss was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916.-External links:*...

Edward T. Burke
Edward T. Burke
Edward T. Burke was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1916. He died on Christmas Day in Flossmoor, Illinois in 1935 at age 65.-External links:*...

13th
(1917-1918)
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk
Charles Fisk was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1907 to 1916. He died in Minot, North Dakota in 1932 at age 70.-External links:*...

Andrew A. Bruce
Andrew A. Bruce
Andrew A. Bruce was an American judge who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1911 to 1918. He died in Minnesota in 1934 at age 68.-External links:*...

Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

Richard Grace
Richard Grace
Colonel Richard Grace was an Irish Royalist soldier who fought for Charles I, Charles II and James II.-Biography:Grace the younger son of Robert Grace, Baron of Courtstown, was born the early part of the 17th century, of a Kilkenny family that may have been descended from Odo, Count of Champagne...

James Robinson
14th
(1918-1922)
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell was an American teacher and lawyer who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1917 to 1933. He died at the age of 92 in 1973.-External links:*...

Harrison A. Bronson
Harrison A. Bronson
Harrison A. Bronson was an American legislator and attorney who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1918 to 1924. He died at the age of 73 in 1947.-External links:*...

Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

Richard Grace
Richard Grace
Colonel Richard Grace was an Irish Royalist soldier who fought for Charles I, Charles II and James II.-Biography:Grace the younger son of Robert Grace, Baron of Courtstown, was born the early part of the 17th century, of a Kilkenny family that may have been descended from Odo, Count of Champagne...

James Robinson
15th
(1923-1924)
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell was an American teacher and lawyer who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1917 to 1933. He died at the age of 92 in 1973.-External links:*...

Harrison A. Bronson
Harrison A. Bronson
Harrison A. Bronson was an American legislator and attorney who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1918 to 1924. He died at the age of 73 in 1947.-External links:*...

Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Sveinbjorn Johnson
Sveinbjorn Johnson
Sveinbjörn Johnson was a justice on the supreme court of North Dakota for just under four years, from 1922 to 1926. Later on he became legal counsel and Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. He also ran unsuccessfully for the position of Illinois Attorney general.-External links:*...

16th
(1925-1926)
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell was an American teacher and lawyer who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1917 to 1933. He died at the age of 92 in 1973.-External links:*...

John Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Sveinbjorn Johnson
Sveinbjorn Johnson
Sveinbjörn Johnson was a justice on the supreme court of North Dakota for just under four years, from 1922 to 1926. Later on he became legal counsel and Professor of Law at the University of Illinois. He also ran unsuccessfully for the position of Illinois Attorney general.-External links:*...

17th
(1926-1933)
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell
Luther E. Birdzell was an American teacher and lawyer who served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota from 1917 to 1933. He died at the age of 92 in 1973.-External links:*...

John Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Alexander Burr
18th
(1933-1934)
George Moellring John Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Alexander Burr
19th
(1935-1937)
James Morris John Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Alexander Burr
20th
(1937-1938)
James Morris Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre was Justice of the Supreme Court of the state of North Dakota, USA, from 1937 to 1938 and from 1951 to 1962. He also served as North Dakota Attorney General from 1933 to 1937 and in 1948....

Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Alexander Burr
21st
(1939-1949)
James Morris Thomas J. Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Alexander Burr
22nd
(1949-1950)
James Morris Thomas J. Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

William Nuessle Gudmunder Grimson
23nd
(1951-1954)
James Morris Thomas J. Burke Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson
Adolph M. Christianson was a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court.-Background:Christianson was born in Brumunddal in Ringsaker, Hedmark County, Norway. He came to the United States with his parents in 1882. He spent his childhood in Polk County, Minnesota, and received his early education in...

Gudmunder Grimson Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre was Justice of the Supreme Court of the state of North Dakota, USA, from 1937 to 1938 and from 1951 to 1962. He also served as North Dakota Attorney General from 1933 to 1937 and in 1948....

24th
(1954-1958)
James Morris Thomas J. Burke Nels Johnson
Nels Johnson
Nels Johnson was a clockmaker in Manistee, Michigan, United States. He was the manufacturer of Century tower clocks, clocks designed to last 100 years! - Early life :...

Gudmunder Grimson Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre was Justice of the Supreme Court of the state of North Dakota, USA, from 1937 to 1938 and from 1951 to 1962. He also served as North Dakota Attorney General from 1933 to 1937 and in 1948....

25th
(1959-1962)
James Morris Thomas J. Burke Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court in 1967 and from 1971 to 1973. He died while serving on the court at the age of 70 in 1973, after serving for 14 years...

Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1971. He left the court in 1974 after 15 years on the bench since assuming office on January 13, 1959....

Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre
Peter O. Sathre was Justice of the Supreme Court of the state of North Dakota, USA, from 1937 to 1938 and from 1951 to 1962. He also served as North Dakota Attorney General from 1933 to 1937 and in 1948....

26th
(1963-1964)
James Morris Thomas J. Burke Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court in 1967 and from 1971 to 1973. He died while serving on the court at the age of 70 in 1973, after serving for 14 years...

Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1971. He left the court in 1974 after 15 years on the bench since assuming office on January 13, 1959....

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

27th
(1965-1966)
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1975.Justice Knudson was born in Finley, North Dakota. He attended elementary and high school in Finley. He received his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1931 and started a practice in...

Thomas J. Burke Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court in 1967 and from 1971 to 1973. He died while serving on the court at the age of 70 in 1973, after serving for 14 years...

Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1971. He left the court in 1974 after 15 years on the bench since assuming office on January 13, 1959....

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

28th
(1966-1966)
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1975.Justice Knudson was born in Finley, North Dakota. He attended elementary and high school in Finley. He received his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1931 and started a practice in...

William S. Murray
William S. Murray
William S. Murray was an American engineer. Lake Murray in South Carolina is named after him.-Early life and education:...

Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court in 1967 and from 1971 to 1973. He died while serving on the court at the age of 70 in 1973, after serving for 14 years...

Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1971. He left the court in 1974 after 15 years on the bench since assuming office on January 13, 1959....

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

29th
(1967-1973)
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1975.Justice Knudson was born in Finley, North Dakota. He attended elementary and high school in Finley. He received his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1931 and started a practice in...

William Paulson
William Paulson
William Paulson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1966 to 1983. He was born in Valley City, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz
Alvin C. Strutz was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court in 1967 and from 1971 to 1973. He died while serving on the court at the age of 70 in 1973, after serving for 14 years...

Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1971. He left the court in 1974 after 15 years on the bench since assuming office on January 13, 1959....

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

30th
(1973-1974)
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1975.Justice Knudson was born in Finley, North Dakota. He attended elementary and high school in Finley. He received his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1931 and started a practice in...

William Paulson
William Paulson
William Paulson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1966 to 1983. He was born in Valley City, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Robert Vogel Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen
Obert C. Teigen was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1966 and from 1967 to 1971. He left the court in 1974 after 15 years on the bench since assuming office on January 13, 1959....

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

31st
(1974-1975)
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson
Harvey B. Knudson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1965 to 1975.Justice Knudson was born in Finley, North Dakota. He attended elementary and high school in Finley. He received his law degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 1931 and started a practice in...

William Paulson
William Paulson
William Paulson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1966 to 1983. He was born in Valley City, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Robert Vogel J. Philip Johnson
J. Philip Johnson
J. Philip Johnson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1974 to 1975 and also in 1992. When not serving as justice on the state court, Johnson ran a private practice in Fargo, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

32nd
(1975-1978)
Vernon R. Pederson
Vernon R. Pederson
Vernon R. Pederson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1975 to 1985. After retirement from the state court, he continued work as a Surrogate Judge of the Supreme Court, until 1999. He currently resides with his wife Evelyn in Fargo, North Dakota.-External links:* *...

William Paulson
William Paulson
William Paulson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1966 to 1983. He was born in Valley City, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Robert Vogel Paul M. Sand
Paul M. Sand
For the actor, see Paul Sand.Paul M. Sand was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1975 to 1984.-External links:**...

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

33rd
(1978-1983)
Vernon R. Pederson
Vernon R. Pederson
Vernon R. Pederson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1975 to 1985. After retirement from the state court, he continued work as a Surrogate Judge of the Supreme Court, until 1999. He currently resides with his wife Evelyn in Fargo, North Dakota.-External links:* *...

William Paulson
William Paulson
William Paulson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1966 to 1983. He was born in Valley City, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Paul M. Sand
Paul M. Sand
For the actor, see Paul Sand.Paul M. Sand was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1975 to 1984.-External links:**...

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

34th
(1983-1984)
Vernon R. Pederson
Vernon R. Pederson
Vernon R. Pederson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1975 to 1985. After retirement from the state court, he continued work as a Surrogate Judge of the Supreme Court, until 1999. He currently resides with his wife Evelyn in Fargo, North Dakota.-External links:* *...

H. F. Gierke III
H. F. Gierke III
Herman Fredrick "Sparky" Gierke III was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1983 to 1991....

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Paul M. Sand
Paul M. Sand
For the actor, see Paul Sand.Paul M. Sand was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1975 to 1984.-External links:**...

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

35th
(1985-1991)
Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Levine was the first ever female justice on the state's court. Since her retirement in 1996, she resides in Palo Alto, California...

H. F. Gierke III
H. F. Gierke III
Herman Fredrick "Sparky" Gierke III was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1983 to 1991....

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1988. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 and in the North Dakota Senate from 1967 to 1970 and also served as Senate Minority Leader.-External links:**...

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

36th
(1992-1992)
Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Levine was the first ever female justice on the state's court. Since her retirement in 1996, she resides in Palo Alto, California...

J. Philip Johnson
J. Philip Johnson
J. Philip Johnson was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1974 to 1975 and also in 1992. When not serving as justice on the state court, Johnson ran a private practice in Fargo, North Dakota.-External links:**...

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1988. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 and in the North Dakota Senate from 1967 to 1970 and also served as Senate Minority Leader.-External links:**...

Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad
Ralph J. Erickstad was the Chief Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1973–1992. He retired December 31, 1992 after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court.-External links:**...

37th
(1993-1996)
Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1996. Levine was the first ever female justice on the state's court. Since her retirement in 1996, she resides in Palo Alto, California...

William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1993 to 2005. Since retiring from the court, Neumann has been serving as the Executive Director of the State Bar Association of North Dakota.-Biography:...

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1988. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 and in the North Dakota Senate from 1967 to 1970 and also served as Senate Minority Leader.-External links:**...

Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1983 to 1992, and as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court since 1992.-Biography:...

38th
(1996-1998)
Mary Muehlen Maring
Mary Muehlen Maring
Mary Muehlen Maring is a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court. Mary Muehlen Maring was born and raised in Devils Lake, North Dakota. She graduated with B.A. degree in Political Science and German from Moorhead State University in 1972 and in 1975 a juris doctor degree from the University of...

William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1993 to 2005. Since retiring from the court, Neumann has been serving as the Executive Director of the State Bar Association of North Dakota.-Biography:...

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1985 to 1988. He served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966 and in the North Dakota Senate from 1967 to 1970 and also served as Senate Minority Leader.-External links:**...

Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1983 to 1992, and as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court since 1992.-Biography:...

39th
(1998-2005)
Mary Muehlen Maring
Mary Muehlen Maring
Mary Muehlen Maring is a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court. Mary Muehlen Maring was born and raised in Devils Lake, North Dakota. She graduated with B.A. degree in Political Science and German from Moorhead State University in 1972 and in 1975 a juris doctor degree from the University of...

William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann was a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court from 1993 to 2005. Since retiring from the court, Neumann has been serving as the Executive Director of the State Bar Association of North Dakota.-Biography:...

Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Carol Ronning Kapsner
Carol Ronning Kapsner
Carol Ronning Kapsner is a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court. Carol Ronning Kapsner was born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota. She graduated with B.A. degree in English literature from College of St...

Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1983 to 1992, and as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court since 1992.-Biography:...

40th
(2005-present)
Mary Muehlen Maring
Mary Muehlen Maring
Mary Muehlen Maring is a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court. Mary Muehlen Maring was born and raised in Devils Lake, North Dakota. She graduated with B.A. degree in Political Science and German from Moorhead State University in 1972 and in 1975 a juris doctor degree from the University of...

Daniel J. Crothers Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald Wayne VandeWalle is the Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. Justice VandeWalle was born in Noonan, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1955 with a bachelor of science degree in Commerce. He then received a juris doctor degree from the University...

Carol Ronning Kapsner
Carol Ronning Kapsner
Carol Ronning Kapsner is a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court. Carol Ronning Kapsner was born and raised in Bismarck, North Dakota. She graduated with B.A. degree in English literature from College of St...

Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1983 to 1992, and as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court since 1992.-Biography:...

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