Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions

Orders on Petitions for Further Review

Granted

1.  Reyzl Grace MoChridhe vs. Academy of Holy Angels, Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis – A25-0559

Issues:  (1) Did the court of appeals err in affirming dismissal of MoChridhe’s employment discrimination case on ecclesiastical abstention grounds at the motion to dismiss stage where MoChridhe is a non-ministerial employee who performs no spiritual function at the school and resolution of her claims will not require the court to interpret doctrine or decide religious questions? (2) Did the court of appeals err in determining that state-level employment discrimination claims cannot apply as a matter of law to secular employees of religious institutions?  (3) Did the district court err in granting respondent’s motion to dismiss based on affirmative defenses that cannot be decided on the face of the complaint and that have not been factually developed?

Grant/Vacate/Remand

2.  State of Minnesota vs. Jamaal Terrance Tanna – A24-1676

Issue:  Was the evidence sufficient to find that Tanna possessed 50 grams or more of methamphetamine when the total weight was 51.068 grams and one of the bags contained an unknown amount of contaminants which were added after Tanna possessed it?

Section I of the court of appeals’ decision was vacated and remanded to the court of appeals for reconsideration in light of State v. Robinson, 517 N.W.2d 336, 338–39 (Minn. 1994) and State v. Olhausen, 681 N.W.2d 21, 28–29 (Minn. 2004).

Granted/Stayed

3.  State of Minnesota vs. Roberto Ortega-Herrera – A24-1321

Issues:  (1) Did the majority below violate the delineated steps of the plain-error framework when it reversed [defendant’s] conviction because the trial court did not give an unrequested specific unanimity instruction for [defendant’s] charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct occurring between 2008–2011?  (2) Alternatively, should this Court grant review, stay the matter pending resolution of State v. Yang, No. A24-0228, 2025 WL 440433 (Minn. App. Feb. 10, 2025), rev. granted (Minn. May 28, 2025), and subsequently dissolve the stay for full briefing or remand with instruction to apply Yang?

Stayed Pending Final Disposition in State v. Yang, A24-0228.

 Denied

4.  Adam Peter Flores vs. Jodi Hardstead, Shireen Gandi, Kenvin Moser, Terry Kneisel, Jordon Goodman, et al. – A25-1595 (Dismissed)

5.  Chris Marquis McMorris vs. State of Minnesota – A25-0620

6.  Cleveland-Cliffs Minnesota Land Development LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company vs. Mesabi Metallics Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, et al. – A25-0373

7.  In re Dustin Allen Basting, State of Minnesota vs. Dustin Allen Basting – A25-1768

8.  In re Kandi Christine Kubu, In re the Custody of the Children of Ron Michael Wyman vs. Kandi Christine Kubu – A25-2150

9.  In re the Estate of Gordon Jaenisch, Deceased, and In re the Estate of MaryAnn Shirley Jaenisch, Deceased – A25-0315

10. In re the Marriage of: Andrea Jaymes Jones vs. Michael Steven Jones – A25-0680

11. In re the Matter of Joseph Rued vs. the Commissioner of Human Services – A25-0831

12. In the Matter of: Lydia Christine Holm-Kolodiazhna and on behalf of Minor Child vs. James Edwin Gordy Jr. – A25-0619

13. In the Matter of: Marineisy Jimenez Rosario vs. Robert Eliazar Villanueva – A25-0655

14. Karla Lynn Mitchell vs. Warren Mark Linn Black – A24-1727

15. Peter Richard Rickmyer vs. Xenos Letoi Brooks – A25-0969

16. Robert Eliazar Villanueva vs. Nicole C. Hartung, in her capacity as Child Support officer, et al. – A25-0786

17. State of Minnesota vs. Anthony James Cox – A25-0011

18. State of Minnesota vs. Antonio Carlos Boyd – A24-0035

19. State of Minnesota vs. Bradley Martin Woida – A25-0333

20. State of Minnesota vs. Eugene Nathaniel Arnold, III – A25-0104

21. State of Minnesota vs. John Robert Olson – A24-1804

22. State of Minnesota vs. Lee Daniel Kruger – A25-0232

23. State of Minnesota vs. Shane Allen Saarela – A24-1894

24. State of Minnesota vs. Tra’shun Lacameron Haywood – A24-1840