Magnus Matningsdal (born 29 September 1951 in

Hå Hå is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is the southernmost municipality in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the v ...

) is a Norwegian judge. He graduated as

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in 1976 and then took the

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degree in 1986. He was a professor at the

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from 1987 to 1989, and assisting professor from 1989 to 1997. At the same time he was a judge in

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from 1989 and presiding judge in

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from 1996 to 1997. He is a

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Justice from 1997. On 5 February 2008, the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs of the

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recommended that a commission be named to investigate and, if warranted, prosecute for

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three of the Norwegian Supreme Court Justices who presided over the cases of

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, a victim of

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. The three were Matningsdal, Karin Maria Bruzelius and

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. However, when the case was treated by the Standing Committee on Justice three months later, it was closed.

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1951 births Living people People from Hå Supreme Court of Norway justices Academic staff of the University of Bergen {{norway-law-bio-stub