Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions

Orders on Petitions for Further Review

Granted

1. Mary Nesgoda vs. County of Le Sueur, et al. – A25-0112

Issue Granted: Whether new private cemeteries may be created under Minnesota Statutes Section 307.01 despite the express language of Minnesota Statutes Section 306.01, which provides that private cemeteries established after March 1, 1906 “shall be organized and governed by” Minnesota Statutes Chapter 306.

2. Randy Dale Sixta vs. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – A25-0304

Issues Granted: What does the phrase “adjudicated as a mental defective” as used in 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) (2024) mean when applying federal law to Minn. Stat. § 624.714.

 Vacate/Remand

3.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Tokvan Ly – A24-0255

Issue: Does the Minnesota Commitment and Treatment Act provide a civilly committed person the right to court-appointed counsel, and for that counsel to be compensated, in extraordinary writ proceedings to enforce their right to transfer from jail to treatment within 48 hours and/or receive treatment under the Act?

The decision of the court of appeals was vacated and remanded to the court of appeals for reconsideration in light of In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope, 26 N.W.3d 275 (Minn. 2025).

Granted/Stayed

4.  Karl Alfredo Rosillo vs. State of Minnesota – A24-1990

Stayed Pending Final Disposition in Siegel v. Evans, No. A24-0594

Denied

5.  In re Anthony James Moore, In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony James Moore – A25-1412

6.  In the Matter of the Arthur F. Symens Revocable Trust created September 21, 2016 – A24-1368

7.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Jeremiah Jerome Johnson – A25-0728

8.  In the Matter of: Michael Dale Benson – A25-0397

9.  Michael Edmund Richmond vs. State of Minnesota – A25-0263

10. Shawn Peters vs. Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., a Korean Corporation, Samsung SDI America, Inc., a Michigan Corporation, Infinite Vapors, a Minnesota Business Entity, et al., and DOES 1-100 inclusive – A25-0195

11. State of Minnesota vs. Abdusalam Omar Hussein – A24-1781

12. State of Minnesota vs. Matthew Sam Mitchell – A24-1890

13. State of Minnesota vs. Megan Alyce Dueck – A23-1932

14. State of Minnesota vs. Michael Edmund Sukalski – A24-1655

15. State of Minnesota vs. Pharoah Gerald Ashley – A23-1498