STATE EX REL. DEPT. v. MATRIX PROPERTIES

No. 20080224.

770 N.W.2d 290 (2009)

2009 ND 137

STATE of North Dakota, by NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, for the benefit of Evert Johnson, Plaintiff and Appellant v. MATRIX PROPERTIES CORPORATION, f/k/a E.W. Wylie Corporation, Wild & Associates, Ltd., and Ulteig Engineers, Inc., Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

July 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Trent Pitcher, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, Bismarck, N.D., for plaintiff and appellant.

Krista L. Andrews (argued), and Gregory L. Thompson (on brief), Anderson, Bottrell, Sanden & Thompson, Fargo, N.D., for defendants and appellees Matrix Properties Corp. and Ulteig Engineers, Inc.

Brian P. Toay (argued) and John V. Boulger (on brief), Wold Johnson, P.C., Fargo, N.D., for defendant and appellee Wild & Associates, Ltd.

Margaret Moore Jackson (on brief) and Daniel Michael Schaffzin (on brief); Lori Conroy (on brief), Tobis Funk (on brief), Diane Wehrman (on brief), third-year law students, University of North Dakota School of Law, Law School Room 2, Grand Forks, N.D., for amici curiae Fair Housing of the Dakotas; AARP; National Fair Housing Alliance; The Arc of North Dakota; Dakota Center For Independent Living; Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living; Independence, Inc.; Legal Services of North Dakota; North Dakota Disabilities Advocacy Consortium; North Dakota Human Rights Coalition; North Dakota Statewide Independent Living Council; and Options Interstate Resource Center for Independent Living.

David Boeck (on brief), Bismarck, N.D., for amicus curiae Protection & Advocacy Project.


VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] The State, by the Department of Labor for the benefit of Evert Johnson ("State"), appealed from a summary judgment dismissing its discriminatory housing practice action against Matrix Properties Corporation, formerly known as E.W. Wylie Corporation, Wild & Associates, Ltd., and Ulteig Engineers, Inc. (collectively "Matrix"), on the ground that the action was barred by the applicable...

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