Minnesota Lawyer

A firearm is a firearm is a firearm — even if it’s not assembled, according to a recent decision by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

A dispute between two experts does not mean that one of the witnesses’ testimony is false for purposes of a postconviction motion for a new trial, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Nov. 28.

A federal judge has ordered energy company Enbridge Inc. and an American Indian tribe to come up with an emergency plan to prevent potential spills from an aging oil pipeline running across the tribe’s reservation.

A hail and wind storm has left a St. Paul church between a rock and a drywall.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a state board must reconsider its rejection of a substitute teaching license for the former police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile in 2016.

The U.S. Constitution specifies in clear language the qualifications required to hold the office of the presidency.

When the 93rd session of the Minnesota Legislature opens on Jan. 3, along with the usual business of budgets and taxes will be a newcomer to the spotlight: the legalization of recreational cannabis.

On Nov. 4, 2020, a large group of protesters walked on to I-94 in Minneapolis. About 650 participants were arrested, including Sara Jane Olson, whose appeal from her conviction was rejected this week.

The court found errors didn't affect the defendant’s substantial rights in the case.

The North Dakota attorney general’s office said Monday that a judge did not use a “rational mental process” when he determined there was a “substantial probability” that a constitutional challenge to the state’s abortion ban would succeed.