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'''Fishbeck v. North Dakota''' is a North Dakota legal case from the year of 1996 that was filed by Donna Fishbeck and others on behalf of her infant son, Jonathan Fishbeck, who had been circumcised. The plaintiffs were represented by Zenas Baer of Hawley, Minnesota. The case was filed in the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. It named the State of North Dakota as the defendant.<ref name="complaint1996">{{REFweb
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North Dakota, had in 1995, passed a law to protect the genital integrity of females, but not males. The suit sought to protect the rights of boys under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.<ref name="complaint1996">{{REFweb
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==Proceedings==
The defendant, North Dakota, argued that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the suit.<ref>{{REFweb
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|title=Plaintiffs' Response to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss
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|date=1996-09-11
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|title=Memorandum and Order
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==Appeal==
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* http://www.boystoo.com/legal/fgmdistrict1.htm
* http://www.boystoo.com/legal/fgmappeal1.htm
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