Former Chief Justice Amdahl dies 

Posted: 11:00 am Fri, August 27, 2010
By Minnesota Lawyer Staff

Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Douglas Amdahl, a pillar of the local legal community, died last week at the age of 91. Amdahl spent 18 years on the Hennepin County District Court bench before being elevated to the Supreme Court by Gov. Al Quie in 1980, and to the to chief’s spot in 1981. He ...