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Architectural plan view of the Court Room — a courtroom interior with a raised bench at the front, advocates' tables facing it, a jury box to one side, gallery seating, and bookcases of statute volumes.

North Dakota

Per-state dossier — Enabling Act, fund, AG opinions, key cases, trust-integrity grade.

Court Room · The Atlas · North Dakota

At a glance

Trust integrity: Pending — Phase 2 (methodology)
Enabling Act
Enabling Act (1889), 25 Stat. 676
Trust fund value
Pending
AG opinions in substrate
Pending — Phase 4 sourcing
Key cases
0
Advocacy contact
pending

Why this state matters

Phase 2 — dossier pending. North Dakota was admitted alongside SD, MT, and WA under the 1889 Enabling Act.

Notable AG opinions

AG opinions for North Dakota are being sourced in Phase 4 — see the Atlas index for a campus-wide search.


First-draft preview. Substrate sources: Margaret Bird, Trust Land Case Quotes by Topic (2021); OASTL legal.md (2026-05-16); ASTL thematic research (2026-05-17). Phase 2 will deepen this dossier.