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N.D. Const. art. IV, § 2 — Research
Legislative Districts. Text of the section: current and prior versions.
Every citing reference in the corpus: 4 court opinions and 3 Attorney General opinions. Counts include the section's pre-1981 designation (§ 26), era-gated by the renumbering crosswalk.
Generated from the citation graph of the validated corpus. Treatment groupings (construing / citing / recital) are heuristic reading aids, not editorial judgments — read the opinion before relying on any signal.
Construing and quoting decisions (3)
- State ex rel. Stockman v. Anderson, 1971 ND 13 (1971, Strutz, J.) · quotes the provision
- “…rs point out that under Section 29 of the North Dakota Constitution each senatorial district shall be represented by one senator and no more, and that multi-senatorial districts, as they exist in the areas represented by the respondents, are unconstitutional. Section 26, 29, and 35 of the North Dakota Constitution were amended by the people of the State in June 1960. Section 26, as amended, merely provides that the North Dakota Senate shall be composed of forty-nine members. Section 29…”
- State ex rel. Paulson v. Meier, 1964 ND 19 (1964, Morris, J.) · quotes the provision
- “…ition setting forth that they are citizens of the United States and of the State of North Dakota, and, as registered voters, are entitled to vote for members of the Legislature of the State of North Dakota in four senatorial districts. The petition challenges Sections 26, 29 and 35 of Article II, Section 214 of Article XVIII of the Constitution of the State of North Dakota, Section 54–03–01 of the North Dakota Century Code as it existed prior to and after the 1963 amendment, and all ear…”
- State ex rel. Williams v. Meyer, 1910 ND 105 (1910, Spalding, J.) · quotes the provision
- “…on requires reference to certain constitutional provisions, and to the acts of the legislative assembly intended to carry them into effect, and to the different acts of that body reapportioning the state into senatorial districts and increasing their numbers. Section 26 of the Constitution reads: "The Senate shall be composed of not less than thirty nor more than fifty members." Section 27: "Senators shall be elected for the term of four years, except as hereinafter provided." Section…”
Other citing decisions (1)
- State ex rel. City of Minot v. Gronna, 1953 ND 27 (1953, Christianson, J.)
Attorney General opinions (3)
Advisory, not binding; included for the doctrine's full administrative history.
- N.D. Op. Att'y Gen. 61-135 (1961) · citing § 26 (1889 numbering)
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