Case Name: Terri Ann FODE, Petitioner and Appellee, v. DIRECTOR OF the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent and Appellant
Court: North Dakota Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Decision Date: 1993-11-10
Citations: 507 N.W.2d 541
Docket Number: Civ. No. 930242
Parties: Terri Ann FODE, Petitioner and Appellee, v. DIRECTOR OF the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent and Appellant.
Judges: SANDSTROM, NEUMANN, LEVINE and MESCHKE, JJ., concur.
Reporter: North Western Reporter 2d
Volume: 507
Pages: 541–541

Head Matter:
Terri Ann FODE, Petitioner and Appellee, v. DIRECTOR OF the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Respondent and Appellant.
Civ. No. 930242.
Supreme Court of North Dakota.
Nov. 10, 1993.
Randall L. Hoffman, Paulson & Merrick, Jamestown, for petitioner and appellee; submitted on brief.
Douglas B. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bismarck, for respondent and appellant; submitted on brief.

Opinion:
VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.
The Director of the Department of Transportation appealed from a judgment of the district court reversing the Department's decision to suspend Fode's driving privileges. The district court concluded that the gas chromatograph used by the State Toxicologist to measure the blood-alcohol concentration was not 'properly certified as an approved testing device.
The sole question on appeal is whether or not the gas chromatograph was properly approved by the State Toxicologist.
Subsequent to briefing and submission of this ease, we held the gas chromatograph was properly approved by the North Dakota State Toxicologist. That decision, Erickson v. Director, North Dakota Department of Transportation, 507 N.W.2d 537 (N.D.1993), governs this case.
The judgment of the district court is reversed and the Department's decision suspending Fode's driver's license is reinstated.
SANDSTROM, NEUMANN, LEVINE and MESCHKE, JJ., concur.