Appellate Courts will begin transmitting all notices, orders, and opinions electronically.
Beginning no later than July 1, 2011, the appellate courts will send notices, orders, opinions, and correspondence related to pending cases to attorneys in those cases by e-mail rather than postal mail. All attorneys with pending appellate cases who have not already registered an e-mail address should do so immediately. Unrepresented parties with pending appellate cases may also participate in this e-notification system by registering an e-mail address. Please visit the Clerk of Appellate Courts page for instructions on how to register your e-mail address.
Opinion Policies
Minnesota Court of Appeals opinions are issued weekly and are available to the public at 10 a.m. CST/CDT every Monday.
On Wednesday of every week, the Court of Appeals will mail a notice that informs counsel, pro se parties, and court personnel associated with a case that an opinion will be released the following Monday. Opinions are available online or by visiting the Clerk of Appellate Courts, 305 Minnesota Judicial Center, 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, after the Monday release time. Copies of the opinions are mailed to involved parties on Mondays.
In certain time-sensitive cases, the Court of Appeals may issue opinions on a business day other than Monday. In these instances, involved parties will be contacted just prior to the special release.
Please visit the Minnesota State Law Library's Appellate Opinions Archive for previously released Court of Appeals Opinions.
Published Opinions
By statute, the Court of Appeals issues a published opinion only in the most important and complex cases. Published opinions include an extensive analysis of the facts and law. They will be considered and used by courts faced with similar issues in the future, and they are published in books found in most law libraries.
DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED Monday, November 18, 2024
No Precedential Opinions Filed.
Unpublished Opinions
Unpublished opinions are issued in cases that are less complicated, that involve legal issues that have already been decided in published opinions, or that will affect only the parties to that particular case. These opinions are usually shorter, do not contain extensive discussion of the facts, and are not generally relied on by other courts to the same degree as published opinions.
NONPRECEDENTIAL OPINIONS
FILED Monday, November 18, 2024
Pursuant to Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 136.01, subd. 1 (c)
1.
A22-1545
Cristina Berrier, Respondent, vs. Minnesota State Patrol, Appellant.
Affirmed and remanded. Chief Judge Susan L. Segal.
Steele County District Court, Hon. Ross L. Leuning.
2.
A24-0066
William Larry Armstrong, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Renee L. Worke.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Thomas R. Lehmann.
3.
A24-1017
In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Rodger Dean Robb II.
Affirmed. Judge Francis J. Connolly.
Commitment Appeal Panel, Hon. Lawrence F. Clark, Hon. Leslie May Metzen, Hon. Teresa R. Warner.
4.
A24-0225
County of Hennepin, Respondent, vs. Christina Elizabeth VonderHaar, Appellant, James Mark Hedquist, Respondent.
Affirmed. Motion denied. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Terri Yellowhammer.
5.
A24-0562
Bryan M Holl, Appellant, vs. Moose Lake Correctional Facility, Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Tracy M. Smith.
Carlton County District Court, Hon. Eric Hylden.
6.
A24-0413
William Robert Laurie, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Brittany Elizabeth Nebel, Respondent, County of Wright, Intervenor.
Affirmed in part, and remanded. Judge Tracy M. Smith.
Wright County District Court, Hon. Elizabeth Strand.
7.
A23-1709
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Deandre Dontae Turner, Appellant.
Reversed and remanded. Judge Jeanne M. Cochran.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Juan Hoyos.
8.
A24-0042
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Abdirashid Ahmed Hassan, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Randall J. Slieter.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Reynaldo Aligada, Jr.
9.
A24-0430
In the Matter of the Appeal by Kehinde Yusuf and Caring for Adults of the Order of License Revocation of the Adult Foster Care and Home and
Community-Based Services Licenses.
Affirmed. Judge Elise Larson.
Minnesota Department of Human Services.
10.
A23-1854
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Demarcius Maurice Payton, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Elise Larson.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Joy D. Bartscher.
Order Opinions
Cases that involve a few simple issues may be decided by order opinions, which include little discussion of the facts of the case and a brief analysis of the laws that are involved.
RECENT ORDER OPINIONS
November 18, 2024
1.
A24-0908
Juneau Pearletha Thomas, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Andre Lamont Johnson, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Nicole J. Starr.
2.
A24-0153
Reuben Elijah Penske, Appellant, vs. Steven Michael Pappenfus, Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Jon Schmidt.
Wright County District Court, Hon. Geoffrey W. Tenney.
Special Release Opinions
NO SPECIAL RELEASE OPINIONS FILED
Opinion Sets
Opinion sets contain all published, unpublished, and order opinions. The sets are compressed into files that must be unpacked before opening them.
Opinion Sets For Opinions
Filed Monday, November 18, 2024
Opinion Set in a Zipped PDF Format
- Click the above link.
- Save the unzipped file to your computer.
- Choose the "Open" option on the Download Complete screen.
- Extract the files to a location of your choice.
- Open the extracted file.