East Dakota

English

From the analogy with North Dakota and South Dakota.

A hypothetical U.S. state that would be east of the Dakotas.
- 2012, Charles B. Craver, Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement, →ISBN:
  Mr. Douglas indicated that the East Dakota Environmental Protection regulations were overly strict.
- 2016, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Examples & Explanations for Conflict of Laws, →ISBN:
  On the one hand, you could argue that West Dakota's conduct-regulating goals would not be greatly sacrificed by applying East Dakota law to a claim by an East Dakota plaintiff.
- 2017, Joseph W. Glannon, Andrew M. Perlman, Peter Raven-Hansen, Civil Procedure: A Coursebook, →ISBN:
  Consider the converse case: Altieri's first case is brought in an East Dakota state court, the state that applies the "primary rights" approach to claim preclusion.
(humorous) The area of western Minnesota which mainly consists of the Red River (of the North) valley.

This mythical state, along with similar constructions, is often used in textbook sample cases to avoid confusion with an actual existing state.