N.D. Const. art. IV, § 17 — Research

Repealed. Text of the section: current and prior versions.

Every citing reference in the corpus: 7 court opinions and 14 Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 39), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.

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Cases by topic

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.

Appointment or election to civil office during the term

N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. (Sept. 18, 1985)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 81-94 (1981)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 74-59 (1974)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 67-50 (1967)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 60-151 (1960)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 49-155 (1949)
State ex rel. Strutz, Atty. Gen., v. Stray, 1938 ND 52 (1938, Nuessle, J.)
State ex rel. Standish v. Boucher, 1893 ND 21 (1893, Wallin, J.)

Increased emoluments and eligibility

N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 2005-L-15 (2005)
Walker v. Omdahl, 1976 ND 36 (1976, Erickstad, J.)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 66-233 (1966)
State ex rel. Lyons v. Guy, 1961 ND 2 (1961, Burke, J.) · construes
- “…mode of transportation available to the Governor and did not increase the emoluments of his office. 6. A cardinal rule of constitutional construction is that a constitution must be construed to give effect to the intention of the people who adopted it. 7. Section 39 of the North Dakota Constitution is a restriction upon the members of the Legislature. In order to determine the extent of the restriction the object to be accomplished and any evil sought to be prevented or restrained…”
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 46-178 (1946)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 44-72 (1944)

What constitutes a civil office

N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 70-67 (1970)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 66-120 (1966)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 49-156 (1949)
N.D. Att'y Gen.: N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 45-292 (1945)
Baird v. Lefor, 1924 ND 176 (1924, Nuessle, J.) · construes
- “…r the liquidation and winding up of insolvent banking corporations in accordance with well-established equitable rules, and, by providing for the appointment of a receiver by the court, does not create a civil office within the meaning of that term as used in section 39 of the Constitution. A receiver, appointed under the provisions of chapter 137, S. L. 1923, is not the holder of a "civil office" within the meaning of that term as used in section 39 of the Constitution providing tha…”

Amendment and repeal of the provision

Bd. of Trustees of The N.D. Public Employees' Retirement System v. N.D. (con't), 2023 ND 185 (2023, Crothers, J.)
State ex rel. Peterson v. Olson, 1981 ND 93 (1981, Paulson, J.)

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