Consent Controls: Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Double Jeopardy After Defendant-Requested Mistrials Introduction In State of Minnesota v. Johnnie Lerma, the Minnesota Supreme Court addressed when...
No Due Process Bar from Post-Discharge Statutory Change; Mens Rea Under Minn. Stat. § 624.713, subd. 1(2) Requires Knowledge of Prior Conviction, Not Knowledge of Status Introduction In Joel Armen...
Judicial Factfinding Permitted for § 609.035 Arson–Concealment Exception; Clarified Standards for “Significant Relationship” and “Past Pattern” in Minnesota First-Degree Domestic‑Abuse Murder...
Tribal Courts Recognized as “Jurisdictions” for Reciprocal Discipline; Minnesota Clarifies the RLPR 12(d) Analysis and Rejects Comity Weighting Introduction In In re Petition for Disciplinary Action...
Preverdict Interest Under Minn. Stat. § 549.09: Settlement Offers Do Not Excuse the Two‑Year Commencement Rule; Interest Runs on the Net Judgment Excluding Collateral Sources Introduction In Lee...
No Group Frisk Without Particularized Suspicion: Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Terry Limits in In re Welfare of C.T.B. (2025) Introduction In In the Matter of the Welfare of: C.T.B., 24 N.W.3d...
Direct Employee Recovery of Health-Insurer-Paid Medical Expenses and Extinguishment of Non‑Intervening Insurers’ Interests under Minnesota’s Workers’ Compensation Act Introduction In Paula Kay...
No State Serial-Number Crime for Ghost Guns Absent a Federal Mandate: Minnesota Supreme Court Limits Minn. Stat. § 609.667(3) to Firearms Requiring Serial Numbers Under Federal Law Introduction In...
State v. Nyonteh: Sleeping Jurors Are Not Juror Misconduct; Abuse-of-Discretion Standard Governs Removal Introduction In State of Minnesota v. James Nyonteh, 24 N.W.3d 271 (Minn. 2025), the Minnesota...
Speak Now or Forfeit: Minnesota Supreme Court Reaffirms Strict Preservation for Restitution Challenges and Narrows Use of the “Legal Authority” Exception Introduction In State of Minnesota v. Erick...
Setting the Standard: Abuse-of-Discretion Review for Preliminary Denials Under Minnesota’s 2023 Aiding-and-Abetting Felony-Murder Relief Act Case: State of Minnesota v. Diamond Lee Jamal Griffin...
Minnesota Supreme Court: § 65A.10 Requires Coverage for Code‑Mandated Sheathing to Replace Damaged Shingles; Overhead and Profit Not Automatic Introduction In Great Northwest Insurance Company v....
Starting the Clock: Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Accrual and Strict Enforcement of the Two‑Year Postconviction Time Bar for “New Interpretation” and “Newly Discovered Evidence” Claims...
Minnesota Supreme Court Adopts Yee Framework and Upholds Minneapolis’s Voucher-Acceptance Ordinance: No Taking Under Minnesota Constitution; MHRA Does Not Preempt Local Anti-Discrimination Measures...
A Uniform Corpus Delicti Standard for Attempt and Completed Crimes: Independent Evidence That “Reasonably Tends to Prove” the Offense Suffices (State v. Hill) Case: State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Lee...
Inherent-Authority Safety Valve for Late Appeals Caused by Missing Rule 77.04 Notice; Minnesota General Rule of Practice 14.01(c)(2) Does Not Extend to Appellate Courts Case and Citation Wells Fargo...
Performing Construction Surety’s Equitable Subrogation Trumps Earlier Perfected UCC Security Interests — No Mistake-of-Fact Requirement Introduction In a significant decision for public construction...
Courts Are Not Agencies: Loper Bright Does Not Trigger Minnesota’s Postconviction “New Interpretation of Law” Exception and the Two-Year Time Bar Remains Strict Introduction In Nantambu Noah Kambon...
Disbarment for Misappropriating Employer Funds While Suspended: Prior Similar Discipline and Noncooperation Warrant the Ultimate Sanction Even Absent an 8.4(b) Allegation Introduction In In re...
No “Unlawful Conduct” Carve‑Out to Minnesota’s Reporter Shield; Privilege Logs Permissible Under the MFFIA Court: Supreme Court of Minnesota Case: Energy Transfer LP (formerly known as Energy...