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N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider a decision to grant unemployment benefits to locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar Co.

The court released an order Friday denying a petition for rehearing that was filed by company lawyers.

Justices ruled in February that more than 400 locked-out workers in North Dakota are eligible for unemployment benefits from Job Service North Dakota.

The decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that said the workers were not eligible for benefits because state law prohibits unemployment insurance for workers involved in labor disputes.

Workers’ attorney Dan Phillips says the Supreme Court made “absolutely the right decision” and he believes it was wrong for the company to file for reconsideration. An American Crystal spokesman was not immediately available for comment.