Minnesota Lawyer

A judge ruled in favor of a request from the Dayton’s Project owner-developer to delay the upcoming auction of the project’s loan in New York.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law requiring individuals to have a permit to carry a handgun in public is constitutional and does not violate the Second Amendment.

A District Court judge did not abuse her discretion in setting a sheriff’s salary at nearly $17,000 more than county commissioners had voted to pay him, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled.

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea says the success of remote access, made necessary by the pandemic, has yielded ideas for embracing technology going forward.

The Minnesota Judicial Branch announced Tuesday that face coverings will no longer be required in court facilities effective July 6.

Former U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kyle, who presided over some of Minnesota’s biggest cases in his quarter-century on the bench, died June 22. He was 84.

The state does not have to prove that a child actually is in need of protection or services to convict a defendant of encouraging that need, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in the case of a man with a “delusional fantasy” about marrying a 10-year-old girl.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

Both sides declared victory following a Minnesota Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that affirms the Court of Appeals’ rejection of PolyMet Mining’s permit for a proposed copper-nickel mine near Babbitt and Hoyt Lakes.

A dispute over wage theft and withheld sick time — and the repercussions from public comments made about those subjects — might be on its way to the Minnesota Supreme Court.