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VandeWalle to retire from North Dakota Supreme Court

Jim Monk,

North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Gerald VandeWalle (center)BISMARCK, N.D. – North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Gerald VandeWalle says he will retire on Jan. 31. Gov. Doug Burgum announced Vandewalle’s retirement on Friday. The 89-year-old VandeWalle was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1978 and served as chief justice from 1993 until 2019, when he did not seek reappointment as chief….
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Gavel Passes to New Chief Justice in North Dakota

VandeWalle was the longest-serving chief justice in state history.
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BISMARCK, N.D.–The gavel has been passed to the new chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. A ceremony Monday marked the transition from 86-year-old Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle to Justice Jon Jensen. The 54-year-old Jensen was elected chief justice by the state’s district court judges and the Supreme Court last month. VandeWalle announced in September that he would not…