Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals on January 5, 2026. I’m late this week, largely because I took a case over the weekend set for trial on Monday morning. That took a lot of my day! The
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinion released by the Minnesota Supreme Court on December 31, 2025. I'm celebrating the New Year with my family,* so this week's writeup will be brief. * Daycare is closed and we're all recovering from
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals on December 29, 2025. The late hour of this missive comes courtesy of my literal and figurative digging out, thanks to yesterday’s snowstorm and nine straight days of my household fighting
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Supreme Court on December 24, 2025. We have two opinions this week, but my son's daycare is closed and we're off to spend Christmas Eve at the zoo. So I'
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals on December 22, 2025. My apologies for the late hour of this week’s post. My associate (three-year-old son) got in a little over his head (woke up with the flu) and
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the single opinion released by the Minnesota Supreme Court on December 17, 2025. All we have is one attorney discipline matter; no other decisions. There is a Special Term Conference on the Court’s calendar for today, which means we’ll
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals on December 15, 2025. It’s a grim week on the docket. Two murders, four terminations of parental rights, and the conviction of a guy who failed to eat enough of the
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Supreme Court on December 10, 2025. This week we have two decisions. First, a statutory interpretation question formally defining the offense of attempted first-degree assault-harm. Second, an attorney discipline matter resolving a host of issues
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals on December 8, 2025. It’s a snowy day here in Minneapolis, a great time to curl up with a cup of cocoa and the latest opinions from the COA. This week,
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinion release by the Minnesota Supreme Court on December 3, 2025. We have one opinion this week, a multifaceted criminal procedure case with a major Fourth Amendment question concerning the warrantless collection of DNA evidence. This newsletter contains the sole
Today’s edition of Minnesota Appellate Court Watch covers the opinions released by the Minnesota Court of Appeals on December 1, 2025. A fairly hefty week, with two precedential opinions and four reversals in criminal cases. Make sure you've packed your Loon Maxx vape and written some bad