Cases are tracked by category, but mass tort is not one of the categories.
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N.D.R.Civ.P. 16(d)(12) lists "the need for adopting special procedures for managing potentially difficult or protracted actions that may involve complex issues, multiple parties, difficult legal questions, or unusual proof problems" as a subject to be discussed at the pretrial conference.
N.D.R.Civ.P. 23 on class actions is the only rule that comes close to specifically applying to mass torts. It is not based on the federal rule, but the Uniform Rule on Class Actions.
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See Choice Financial Group v. Schellpfeffer, 2005 ND 90, regarding interlocutory appeals.
In re Blackwater Security Consulting LLC, No. 05-1949, Aug. 24, 2006. Federal court lacked jurisdiction to review district court order remanding case from federal court back to state court because "once a district court determines that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction over a removed case, § 1447(c) directs that the case 'shall be remanded.'"
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Cases are tracked and monitored by the State Court Administrator. DCM system is proposed but is not yet a reality.
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The case management system for the district courts in North Dakota resides on an IBM iSeries (AS400). There is a single database for all district courts & 10 municipal courts. The system is written in RPG and uses IBM's DB2-400 database.
The case management system provides full management functionality for the district courts, including a register of actions, scheduling, papers filed register, docket currency reporting, statistical reporting, notice/document generation, and links to other governmental systems.
Case Flow Management Committee
Court Technology Committee
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