Today in History revisits the Friday, October 19, 1979 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story on the North Dakota Supreme Court holding a hearing over rejected signatures on a petition to refer the Cross Ranch legislation to voters. The signatures were rejected for lacking "full post office addresses." Arguments focused on what legally constitutes a "post office address," especially for residents in larger cities. The justices took the matter under advisement.

By Jim Durkin / Herald staff writer

"What in the hell is a post office address?" Bismarck attorney Patrick Conmy asked the five North Dakota Supreme Court justices Thursday afternoon, Oct. 18, 1979.

The question came at a Supreme Court hearing held at the Baker Moot Courtroom at the University of North Dakota Law

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