Courts losing a staunch advocate in Magnuson 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, March 15, 2010
By Patrick Thornton

Eric MagnusonEric Magnuson was never afraid to tell his former law partner and the man who gave him his job as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court that he was wrong, even though that man was the governor. Magnuson’s announcement Thursday that he would step down on June 30 came as a surprise to ...