Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions

Orders on Petitions for Further Review

Granted

1.  Medtronic, Inc., et al. vs. Mattthew Lahn, et al., AlphaTec Spine, Inc. – A25-1009

Issue: Whether Minnesota courts may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over non-resident defendants under a theory dubbed the “closely related doctrine,” which purports to bind non-signatory parties to forum selection clauses when a signatory and non-signatory are so “closely related” it is “foreseeable” the non-signatory would be haled into Minnesota court.

2.  In re the Marriage of: Teresa Marie Nordahl vs. Steven Edward Nordahl – A25-0855

Issue: Whether employer contributions to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), made annually as part of an employee’s compensation, constitute “gross income” under Minn. Stat. § 518A.29(a) as “any form of periodic payment.”

3.  State of Minnesota vs. Stephen Kelly Weaver – A25-1383

Issue: Is a small plastic baggie containing methamphetamine “drug paraphernalia” as defined by Minn. Stat. § 152.01, subd. 18(a)?

4.  Wilmington Trust, National Association, Gregg Williams vs. 700 HENNEPIN HOLDINGS, LLC, Anytime Restoration, Seven Acquisition LLC – A25-1058

Issues: (1) Is the Tenant’s judgment claim against the former Receiver and for priority of distribution moot? (2) Is Tenant’s unpaid judgment for its attorneys’ fees a “reasonable and necessary expense[s] of preserving, protecting, or disposing of” the receivership property under Minn. Stat. § 576.51, subd. 1(1) such that it has priority over the Mortgage? (3) Does the “except as limited [elsewhere]” qualifier as to when actions may be brought against a receiver at the beginning of Minn. Stat. § 540.14 apply only to the first unnumbered paragraph and not to the remainder of the statute which further addresses “such actions”?

Granted/Stayed

5.  Ann P. Shantz vs. City of Waconia – A25-1302

Issues: (1) Whether vicarious official immunity requires a written policy, or some other guidance for the decisional framework. (2) Whether conduct is “ministerial” where it is mechanically performed under like circumstances, without alternative options, and pursuant to a specific directive.

Stayed pending final disposition in Lowry v. City of Minneapolis, A24-0849, A24-1910.

Grant/Vacate/Remand

6.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Kevin Boyd Nelson – A25-1608

Issue:Does the Court of Appeals’ heavy reliance on the now-vacated Urbanek decision require reversal?

The order opinion of the court of appeals is vacated and remanded to the court of appeals for reconsideration in light of In re Urbanek, A25-0808, 2026 WL 858492 (Minn. Mar. 25, 2026). 

Denied

7.  Antoine C. Whitner vs. Tracy Beltz – A25-1510

8.  In Re the Custody of MIVB; Dustin Allen Basting vs. Heather Mae Grehn –

A25-0585

9.  In the Marriage of: Alisha Christine Steinolfson vs. Christopher Steingrimur Steinolfson – A25-0568

10.  In the Marriage of: Jarrid Daniel DeGolier vs. Jessica Jean DeGolier Baron – A25-0309

11.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Christopher Loyd Ivey – A25-1213

12.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Hollis Larson – A25-1451

13.  In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Luis Antonio Serna – A25-1492

14.  In the Matter of: Nicole Weber and OBO Minor Child vs. Jesse Weber – A25-1241

15.  John Donahue vs. Robert Donahue, et al. – A25-1227

16.  Maple Grove NBC, LLC vs. Cake Gals Inc. – A25-0804, A25-1555

17.  Marcus A. Renslow vs. Mike Edward Schulz – A25-0608

18.  Margaret Reynolds vs. John Connolly, Temporary Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services – A25-1053

19.  State of Minnesota vs. Amanda Wamack – A25-0430

20.  State of Minnesota vs. Cody Lynn Duncan – A25-0642

21.  State of Minnesota vs. Dalvin Jarrell Crockett – A25-0546

22.  State of Minnesota vs. James Paul Aery – A24-2020

23.  State of Minnesota vs. Jeffrey Steven Sween – A25-1031

24.  State of Minnesota vs. Jose Miguel Reyes-Jovel – A24-1150

25.  State of Minnesota vs. Justin Duane Larson – A25-0621

26.  State of Minnesota vs. Lashun Miller – A24-0539

27.  State of Minnesota vs. Zachariah Christopher Whitehead – A25-0428

28.  Travis Clay Andersen vs. State of Minnesota – A25-1145