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33 Gavel 1 (1986)

handle is hein.barjournals/gavel0019 and id is 1 raw text is: Sept. 1986 Vol. 33, No. I Orlin Backes Admitted To The American College Of Trial Lawyers Orlin W. Backes, Minot, has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. A position of honor, membership is only by invitation of the Board of Regents, The College is a national association of 4200 Fellows in the United States and Canada. Its purpose is to improve the standards of trial practice, the ad- ministration of justice and the ethics of the trial branch of the profession. The induction ceremony took place during the recent Annual Banquet of the American College of Trial Lawyers. More than 1100 persons were in atten- dance at the meeting of the Fellows held in New York City. Backes is a partner in the firm of McGee, Hankla, Backes & Wheeler, Ltd., and has been practicing in Minot for 23 years. ministration Committee, the Future Ap- A past president of the State Bar pellate Court Services Study Subcom- Association, Backes is currently a mittee, the American Counsel Associa- member of the Court Services Ad- tion, and is an active SBAND member. Farm Law Project The Confiscatory Price Statutes: R By Nancy Hellerud In the past months, a number of defendant farmers have raised the confiscatory price statutes as a possi- ble defense to foreclosure. Two recent Supreme Court cases have helped to clarify questions as to the availability and validity of the statutes, but have left others unanswered. The confiscatory price Statutes, codified at NDCC Sections 28-29-04 through 28-29-06, were passed during the Depression to provide some relief to indebted farmers. The statutes give North Dakota courts the power to delay foreclosure proceedings when the cost of producing farm commodities is greater than prevailing prices. McGee Elected To ABA's Board Of Governors Richard H. McGee, partner in the Minot law firm of McGee, Hankla, Backes & Wheeler, Ltd., has been elected to the American Bar Associa- tion Board of Governors. The election took place in August at the 1986 ABA Annual Meeting in New York City. McGee will serve a three-year term representing the 10th district, which in- cludes Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The 32-member Board of Governors meets up to six times each year to direct association management and ad- ministration. With more than 320,000 members, the ABA is the largest volun- tary professional association in the world. As ABA Delegate, McGee has been a member of the policy-making ABA House of Delegates since 1966. Active in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of Barristers and the American Bar Foun- dation, he is a past president of the State Bar Association and the fourth recipient of the Bar's Distinguished Service Award. ecent Cases The statutes went virtually unused for almost fifty years. However, current conditions in the agricultural economy have prompted new interest in these old debtor-relief measures. In Folmer v. State, 346 NW 2d 731 (N.D. 1984), and Heidt v. State, 372 NW 2d 857 (N.D. 1985), the statutes (Cont'd on page 4) Page One IFVO J I li |

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