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November 2023

Case Name
Date of Oral Argument
Case Number
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Elvis Joko Porte, Appellant.
11/21/2023
A23-0392
In Re: R.A. Morin Trust, U/A/D, April 1, 2014, As Amended, and Mark C. Morin, et al., Respondents, vs. Paul L. Morin, Appellant, and In re the Estate of: Robert A. Morin, Deceased, and In re the Trust of Robert A. Morin Trust, U/A/D, April 1, 2014, as Amended.
11/17/2023
A23-0661
Brenda Lee Christiansen, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Timothy Nels Christiansen, Respondent.
11/16/2023
A22-1788
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ronald Lee Schober, Appellant.
11/16/2023
A23-0243
Bren Road LLC, Respondent, vs. Talon OP, LP, et al., Defendants (A23-0248), Appellants (A23-0268), Talon First Trust LLC, Defendant, and Bren Road LLC, Respondent, v. Kris Wyrobek, Appellant (A23-0248), Eun Stowell, et al., Third-Party Defendants.
11/16/2023
A23-0248
Homestead Acres Homeowners Association, Inc., Respondent, vs. Hiscox Insurance Company, Inc., Appellant.
11/16/2023
A23-0651
Kieu Oanh T. Nguyen, Appellant, vs. Frank Knapper, et al., Respondents.
11/16/2023
A23-0984
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Peter Allan.
11/16/2023
A23-1260
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Thomas David Fogel, Appellant.
11/15/2023
A22-1615
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ali Dayib Warsame, Appellant.
11/15/2023
A23-0182
Dr. Jane Doe, et al., Respondents, vs. Governor of Minnesota, et al., Respondents, Mothers Offering Maternal Support, Appellant.
11/15/2023
A23-0620
James Kevin Obowa, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent.
11/15/2023
A23-0659
Jesus Cardenas, Respondent, vs. Javier Cardenas, et al., Appellants.
11/15/2023
A23-0681
In the Matter of Ariana Williams and OBO Minor Child, Appellant, vs. Santo Che Zarate, Respondent.
11/15/2023
A23-0698
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Wade Scott Reinhard, Appellant.
11/9/2023
A21-1672
Emily Lynn Rasmussen, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Nicholas Steven Rasmussen, Appellant
11/9/2023
A23-0087
Charles Aldean, Respondent, vs. City of Woodbury, Appellant.
11/9/2023
A23-0359
Anthony, Inc., Appellant, vs. Richard L. Morris, et al., Respondents.
11/9/2023
A23-0368
Dennis J. Daulton, trustee for the next of kin of Brady Joel Daulton, deceased, Appellant vs. TMS Treatment Center, Inc., d/b/a Carlson Drake House, Respondent.
11/9/2023
A23-0483
Complaint Decision File 23-010C on behalf of D.V.G. from South Washington County Schools 0833-01.
11/9/2023
A23-0487
Chriss O. Latterell, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Mary Jean Latterell, Appellant.
11/9/2023
A23-0599
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Eric Humberto Sanchez, Appellant.
11/8/2023
A23-0107
St. Paul Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity, Respondent, vs. CareMate Home Health Care, Inc., Relator.
11/8/2023
A23-0419
Wayne Willenberg, et al., Respondents, vs. Charles Frye, et al., Appellants, Karla Harrison, et al., Defendants.
11/8/2023
A23-0441
Maple Ridge Homeowners Association, Appellant, vs. Hiscox Insurance Company, Inc., Respondent.
11/8/2023
A23-0478
Great Northwest Insurance Company, Appellant, vs. Hector A. Campbell, Respondent, Betty L. Campbell, Defendant.
11/8/2023
A23-0519
Fletcher Properties, Inc., et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, et al., Respondents, HOME Line, Respondent.
11/8/2023
A23-0191
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Devon Griffin Seivers, Appellant.
11/1/2023
A22-0054
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Toni Elizabeth Ickler, Appellant.
11/1/2023
A22-0079
Tyler Leibfried, Relator, vs. City of Duluth, Respondent, Department of Employment and Economic Development, Respondent.
11/1/2023
A22-1724
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Joseph John Hall, Appellant.
11/1/2023
A23-0122
Debra Jean Berndt-Tuttle, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Jason James Tuttle, Respondent.
11/1/2023
A23-0148
Ryan Alvar, et al., Appellants, vs. Nicollet Residences, LLC, et al., Respondents.
11/1/2023
A23-0195
In the Matter of the Appeal by Crawford House, LLC, of the Order Of License Revocation License Nos. 1073328 (HCBS); 1073329 (CRS), 1073330 (CRS), 1076181 (CRS).
11/1/2023
A23-0215
Daniel Stephen Nelson, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Katherine Lynn Nelson, Respondent
11/1/2023
A23-0278
Kiran Kumar Arise, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Anjali Naresh, Respondent.
11/1/2023
A23-0379
In the Matter of the Welfare of: P. J. B., Child.
11/1/2023
A23-0514
John P. Norusis, Appellant, vs. City of Marine on Saint Croix, Respondent.
11/1/2023
A23-0600
In the Matter of the Welfare of: M. A. B., Child.
11/1/2023
A23-0752
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Salahedden K Nakhleh, Appellant.
11/1/2023
A23-0762
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: N. L. and B. Y., Parents.
11/1/2023
A23-0931
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Kerry Mitchell Lenz.
11/1/2023
A23-1151

October 2023

Case Name
Date of Oral Argument
Case Number
Sharon Falknor, Appellant, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent.
10/31/2023
A23-0430
Allan Roland Kilgore, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Ellen Lea Brockman, f/k/a Ellen Lea Kilgore, Respondent
10/26/2023
A22-1696
David Kalsow Swan, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Heidi Bloedel Moon, Appellant.
10/26/2023
A23-0249
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Patrick Martin Orman, Appellant.
10/26/2023
A23-0569
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Logan Hunter Vagle, Respondent.
10/26/2023
A23-0863
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Casey Lee Frankl, Appellant.
10/25/2023
A22-0590
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Paul Scott Seeman, Appellant.
10/25/2023
A22-1117
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Dahir Abdow Noor, Appellant.
10/25/2023
A22-1528
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Devondre Demont Pike, Appellant.
10/25/2023
A22-1568
In the Matter of the Trust established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-C30.
10/25/2023
A22-1769
State of Minnesota ex rel. Ken Elder, Appellant, vs. U.S. Bank N. A., Respondent.
10/25/2023
A23-0380
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Raymond Allen Torgerson, Appellant.
10/25/2023
A23-0406
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Brian Lee Hall, Defendant, Midwest Bonding, LLC, Appellant.
10/25/2023
A23-0498
Michelle Beth Kremer, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Robbie Michael Kremer, Respondent.
10/25/2023
A23-0553
G Urban Companies, Inc., Appellant, vs. Roseville Area Schools ISD #623, Respondent.
10/25/2023
A23-0573
First & First, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, et al., Appellants, vs. Chadco of Duluth, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, Respondent.
10/25/2023
A23-0598
Thomas Patrick Ness, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent.
10/25/2023
A23-0831
Russel Edward Straub, Jr., petitioner, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent.
10/19/2023
A23-0258
Jose Armando Padilla, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
10/19/2023
A22-1710
Chase Rovere, et al., Respondents, vs. Clifford Ling, et al., Appellants.
10/19/2023
A23-0192
Edgard Mariano, Appellant, vs. Raiser, LLC, Respondent.
10/19/2023
A23-0260
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Krista Jean Lynard.
10/19/2023
A23-1067
Nicholas T. White, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Adrianna L Loesch, Respondent, County of Dakota, Respondent
10/18/2023
A22-0964
St. Paul Park Refining Co., LLC, Respondent, vs. Brian Domeier, Appellant.
10/18/2023
A23-0022
Republican Party of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Nathan Miller, et al., Relators, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Intervenor.
10/18/2023
A23-0029
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jesse Lee Fechner, Appellant.
10/18/2023
A23-0132
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Timothy David Johnson, Appellant (A23-0505), Sarah Nicole Johnson, Appellant (A23-0510).
10/18/2023
A23-0505
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: H. M. W., A. T. L., and G. W. A., Parents.
10/18/2023
A23-0632
Simon Tharek Duoth, as Trustee and Next of Kin, Taban Tharek, Appellant, vs. Steven Mark Wood, Respondent.
10/18/2023
A23-0667
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Jamaul Wendell Graham, Respondent.
10/18/2023
A23-0735
Minnesota Board of Pharmacy, et al., Respondents, vs. Northland Vapor Moorhead, LLC, et al., Appellants.
10/18/2023
A23-0799
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: F. F. N. M., Parent.
10/18/2023
A23-0935
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Larry Joe Foster, Appellant.
10/12/2023
A21-0070
In re the Estate of John Kenneth Rutt, a/k/a John K. Rutt and John Rutt, Deceased.
10/12/2023
A23-0033
Casey Lee Robinson, et al., Respondents, vs. Ashley Marie Robinson (Deceased), Respondent, Roger Keith Gould, Appellant
10/12/2023
A23-0285
Patrice V. Nerad, Appellant, vs. Ryan Blair Magnus, Respondent, Jones Law Office, LLC, a/k/a Jones and Magnus, Attorneys at Law, Respondent.
10/12/2023
A23-0508
Spring Grove Township, Respondent, vs. Brian Myrah, Appellant, Karen Fried, et al., Defendants.
10/12/2023
A23-0528
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: D. J. T. and N. L. T., Parents.
10/12/2023
A23-0663
In the Matter of Issuance of Air Emissions Permit No. 13700345-101 for PolyMet Mining, Inc., City of Hoyt Lakes, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
10/11/2023
A22-0068
Sandee Goldsmith Becker, n/k/a Sandee Scroggs Goldsmith, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Leon L. Becker, Appellant.
10/11/2023
A22-0677
Any K. Arensberg, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Nicholas Shamus Arensberg, Respondent.
10/11/2023
A22-1608
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Rolmando Walker, Appellant.
10/11/2023
A22-1734
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Charlene Marie Waldron, Appellant.
10/11/2023
A22-1844
Tina Marie Lund, as conservator of the Honorable Fred Karasov, Appellant, vs. Calhoun Orange, Inc. d/b/a Orange Theory Fitness Minneapolis-Uptown, Respondent, Ultimate Fitness Group LLC, d/b/a Orangetheory Fitness, Respondent.
10/11/2023
A23-0149
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Zachary Phillip Harding, Appellant.
10/11/2023
A23-0292
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Keith Alan Powelson, Appellant.
10/11/2023
A23-0449
Board of Directors, Colony by the Greens Townhome Association, Respondent, vs. Jackie Santopietro, Appellant.
10/11/2023
A23-0535
Robert W. Starbeck, individually, and As Trustee of the Arthur C. Starbeck Trust under agreement Dated August 21, 2000, Appellant, vs. Mary Gibson, et al., Respondents.
10/11/2023
A23-0619
Chad Monson, et al., Respondents, vs. Thomas J. Egge, et al., Appellants.
10/11/2023
A23-0719
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: I. M. S., Parent.
10/11/2023
A23-0724
Erik Peterson, Appellant, vs. A.L. Brown, Respondent, Capitol City Law Group, LLC, Respondent.
10/4/2023
A23-0264
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Gerald Willy Dixon, Appellant.
10/3/2023
A22-1721

September 2023

Case Name
Date of Oral Argument
Case Number
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Larry Ray House, Appellant.
9/21/2023
A23-0177
Marie Ann Schroeder, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Justin Robert Schroeder, Respondent.
9/21/2023
A23-0214
Benda for Common-sense, a Minnesota Non-Profit Corporation, et al., Appellants, vs. Denise Anderson, Director of Rice County Property and Tax Elections, Respondent, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, Respondent.
9/21/2023
A23-0302
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Randall Thomas Graham, Appellant.
9/21/2023
A23-0412
Mary Ann Karnowski, Respondent, vs. Thomas George Wimmer, et al., Appellants.
9/21/2023
A23-0438
Sally Cooper Smith, Appellant, vs. Steven C. Piechowski, individually and dba SP Trucking, LLC, Respondent, Northstar Materials, Inc., dba Knife River Materials, Respondent.
9/21/2023
A23-0481
In re: Guardianship of Jill Lee Osufsen.
9/21/2023
A23-0596
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. David Eugene Richardson Jr., Appellant.
9/20/2023
A22-1646
Tyler Todd Plaster, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
9/20/2023
A23-0092
In re Resolution Denying Stoick Creek, LLC's Application for a Second Driveway.
9/20/2023
A23-0372
PSS Properties, LLC, Appellant, vs. North Star Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent.
9/20/2023
A23-0466
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Tyrone Deshawn Williams, Respondent.
9/20/2023
A23-0647
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Nasteho Jama Abdullahi.
9/20/2023
A23-0937
Kenneth Dion Hull, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Carissa Elizabeth Hull, Respondent
9/19/2023
A22-1505
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. A. M. S., Appellant.
9/19/2023
A23-0181
In re the Estate of: Joanne Mary Ecklund, Decedent.
9/19/2023
A23-0210
Ellen Sue Laas Ewald, et al., petitioners, Appellants, vs. Nina Laas Ewald Nedrebo, Respondent.
9/19/2023
A23-0331
In the Matter of the Trust Agreement of Genevieve M. Rossow.
9/19/2023
A23-0473
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Jacob Carl Smith, Respondent.
9/19/2023
A23-0795
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Amy Jeankyoung Oh.
9/19/2023
A23-0936
Jerry Arthur McDonald, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Donna Arnela McDonald, n/k/a Donna Arnela Rosenblad, Respondent
9/14/2023
A22-1421
D'Jilorian D. Baker, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Diona Marie Hargrett, Respondent.
9/14/2023
A22-1735
Marthamae Kottschade, Appellant, vs. Richard A Mokua, et al., Respondents, Cozzyville LLC, Respondent.
9/14/2023
A23-0490
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: R. G. B. and B. J. B., Parents.
9/14/2023
A23-0633
Fond du Lac Management, Inc., Appellant, vs. Lexington Insurance Company, Respondent, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London Subscribing to Policy #PJ193647, et al., Respondents, Underwriters at Lloyd's, London - Aspen Specialty Insurance Company, et al., Respondents, Arch Specialty Insurance Company, Defendant, Evanston Insurance Company, Respondent, Allied World National Assurance Company, Respondent.
9/14/2023
A23-0639
Duluth Preservation Alliance, Appellant, vs. North Creek Investors II, LLC, et al., Respondents, City of Duluth, Respondent.
9/14/2023
A23-0702
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Gary John Bogatz, Jr., Appellant.
9/13/2023
A22-1484
In the Matter of the Welfare of: G. V. G., Child.
9/13/2023
A23-0034
In the Matter of the Determination of the Need for an Environmental Impact Statement for the Mankato Motorsports Park.
9/13/2023
A23-0091
Lagoon Partners, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, Respondent, vs. Silver Cinemas Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation, d/b/a Landmark Theatres, Appellant.
9/13/2023
A23-0194
Robert R. Schroeder Construction, Inc., Respondent, vs. Minnesota Department of Transportation, Respondent, vs. W. Gohman Construction Co. d/b/a Artistic Stone and Concrete, Appellant.
9/13/2023
A23-0228
RCS-RCA Oak Ridge, LLC, Appellant, vs. Atkinson Holdings, LLC, Defendant, Robert C. Atkinson, Respondent.
9/13/2023
A23-0230
Laurie J. Akermark (fna: Frost), Respondent, vs. Bradley G. Stoeckel, Appellant.
9/13/2023
A23-0337
Anita M. Froderman, n/k/a Anita M. Sydorowicz, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Jeffrey T. Lais, Appellant.*
9/12/2023
A22-1547
Donald Floyd Deeble, Jr., petitioner, Appellant, vs. Hayley Elizabeth Espelien, Respondent.
9/12/2023
A22-1671
Donald Floyd Deeble, Jr., petitioner, Appellant, vs. Hayley Elizabeth Espelien, Respondent
9/12/2023
A22-1671
Daniel R. Pakonen, Appellant, vs. Housing Alternatives Development Company, et al., Respondents.
9/12/2023
A23-0063
In re Daniel Cragg, et al., Petitioners.
9/12/2023
A23-0309
Deborah Jane Clapp, Appellant, vs. Rochelle Cox, in her official capacity as Interim Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools, et al., Respondents.
9/12/2023
A23-0360
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Heather Marie Wurtzberger, Appellant.
9/12/2023
A23-0387
Dr. Wayne R. Freese, et al., Respondents, vs. Dr. Reed Leiting, et al., jointly and severally, Appellants.
9/12/2023
A23-0390