Court Opinion

ID: 9843664
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 02:41:27.017922+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:51.019283
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*455SANDSTROM, Justice,
concurring specially-
I, of course, agree the majority correctly enunciates the requirements of N.D.C.C. § 28-32-15(4) which I had stated in Held v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau, 540 N.W.2d 166, 171 (N.D.1995) (Sandstrom, J., concurring specially); Maginn v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau, 550 N.W.2d 412, 416-17 (N.D.1996) (Sandstrom, J., concurring specially).
I agree with the majority that the district court should not have dismissed the appeal. The district court should have summarily affirmed the agency, as I suggested in Held and Maginn.
Although my own observation does not confirm widespread noncomplianee with the law, I understand the pragmatic reasons the majority says the law will now be enforced— prospectively. I cannot agree, however, with its legal rationale. This is not Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson, 404 U.S. 97, 92 S.Ct. 349, 30 L.Ed.2d 296 (1971); we announce no new law. We simply repeat the longstanding requirements of a clear statute.