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DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2026

A26-0021 Equity Residential Holdings, LLC, et al., Appellants, vs. City of Minneapolis, Respondent.
Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Jamie L. Anderson.
A plaintiff may not bring a suit for damages based on an alleged violation of the Due
Process Clause of the Minnesota Constitution.
Certified Question answered in the negative; Reversed and remanded. Judge Francis
J. Connolly.

A25-2059 John Lee Edmondson, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Leonardo Castro.
An applicant with a qualifying aiding-and-abetting-felony-murder conviction (qualifying
felony-murder conviction) who is in the custody of the commissioner of corrections or under
court supervision may submit a preliminary application for relief from that conviction, even if
the applicant is not in the custody of the commissioner of corrections or under court supervision
for the qualifying felony-murder conviction from which the applicant seeks relief.
Reversed and remanded. Judge Elise Larson.

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