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, October 21, 2024
A23-1292 State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Dustin Brock Metcalfe, Appellant.
Nobles County District Court, Hon. Sherry Haley.
When an appellant argues that trial evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction but does not raise an issue requiring statutory interpretation, we apply a sufficiency-of-the-evidence standard of review and do not review de novo whether the charged conduct is prohibited by the statute of conviction.
Affirmed. Judge JaPaul J. Harris.
Unpublished Opinions
Unpublished opinions are issued in cases that are less complicated, that involve legal issues that have already been decided in published opinions, or that will affect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, October 21, 2024
Pursuant to Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 136.01, subd. 1 (c)
1.
A23-1687
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Darius Ahmadd Olson-Baker, Appellant.
Affirmed. Chief Judge Susan L. Segal.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Hilary L. Caligiuri.
2.
A24-0498
Christopher James Hayes, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Matthew E. Johnson.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Kerry Meyer.
3.
A23-1855
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Shawna Ann Lang, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman.
Nobles County District Court, Hon. Sherry Haley.
4.
A24-0607
In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: J. S., Parent.
Affirmed. Judge Tracy M. Smith.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Michelle Hatcher.
5.
A24-0537
Groebner and Associates, Inc., Respondent, vs. VW Dig LLC, d/b/a VW Connect, an Arizona limited liablity company, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Diane B. Bratvold.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Frank J. Magill, Jr.
6.
A24-0382
Stacy Lee Osmundson, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent.
Affirmed. Judge Jennifer Frisch.
Faribault County District Court, Hon. Troy Timmerman.
7.
A23-1943
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Christian Rosario-Torres, Appellant.
Affirmed. Judge Jennifer Frisch.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Shereen Askalani.
8.
A24-0692
Bryan Morgan Holl, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Reversed and remanded. Judge JaPaul J. Harris.
Itasca County District Court, Hon. Heidi M. Chandler.
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
October 21, 2024
1.
A24-0361
In re the Estate of: Kenneth Joe Van Houten, Deceased.
Affirmed. Judge Matthew E. Johnson.
Wadena County District Court, Hon. Douglas B. Clark.
2.
A24-0621
Anthony Dexter Wayne Francis, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Denise Tonche, Appellant.
Reversed and remanded. Judge Jennifer Frisch.
Steele County District Court, Hon. Karen R. Duncan.
3.
A22-1467
Matthew James Beland, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Heidi Ann Beland, Respondent, and Polk County, Intervenor.
Dismissed. Judge John P. Smith.*
Polk County District Court, Hon. Timothy Tingelstad.
* Retired judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, serving by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI, § 10.
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, October 21, 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.