Case Name: In the Matter of the JUDICIAL VACANCY IN JUDGESHIP NO. 7 IN the CHAMBER AT RUGBY, North Dakota, Northeast Judicial District
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 1994-04-27
Citations: 522 N.W.2d 745
Docket Number: No. 940090
Parties: In the Matter of the JUDICIAL VACANCY IN JUDGESHIP NO. 7 IN the CHAMBER AT RUGBY, North Dakota, Northeast Judicial District.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 522
Pages: 745–746

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the JUDICIAL VACANCY IN JUDGESHIP NO. 7 IN the CHAMBER AT RUGBY, North Dakota, Northeast Judicial District.
No. 940090.
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
April 27, 1994.

Opinion:
ORDER
On March 21, 1994, the Honorable John C. McClintock notified this Court that he would not seek election to District Judgeship No. 7 in the Northeast Judicial District with chambers in Rugby, thus creating a vacancy as of January 1,1995, under Section 27-05-02.1(4), N.D.C.C.
Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C., requires a decision by the Supreme Court within 90 days after notification of a judicial vacancy, and requires an order that:
a. the vacancy be filled or the judgeship be retained; or,
b. the vacant office be transferred; or,
c. the vacant office be abolished.
A hearing on the vacancy was held before the Honorable Vernon R. Pederson, Surrogate Judge, sitting as. a Hearing Officer, in Rugby on April 12, 1994. Consultation with judges and attorneys of the Northeast Judicial District took place in the Supreme Court courtroom on April 21, 1994.
This order is based on the determination that the office is necessary for effective judicial administration under Section 27-05-02.1, N.D.C.C., notwithstanding the reduction in the number of judges required by Section 27-05-01(2), N.D.C.C.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that Judgeship No. 7 at Rugby in the Northeast Judicial District be retained; that an election for this office be held; and that this office appear on the primary and general election ballots in North Dakota.
/s/ Gerald W. VandeWalle
Gerald W. VandeWalle
Chief Justice
/s/ Herbert L. Meschke
Herbert L. Meschke
Justice
/s/ Beryl J. Levine
Beryl J. Levine
Justice
/s/ William A. Neumann
William A. Neumann
Justice
/s/ Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom
Justice