Minnesota Lawyer

While many of the facts of a recent case in the Minnesota Court of Appeals mirror the facts in other foster care cases, this one had one major factor that other cases throughout the years have not had: COVID-19.

A student athlete claims that he can no longer compete due to the fact that he is male. He filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota against the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, athletic director, and university president.

Activists vowed to keep fighting for substantial changes to the Minneapolis Police Department, despite Tuesday’s defeat of a ballot initiative that would have replaced it with a reimagined public safety unit.

A decision seen as a close call in a legal dispute over pension benefits hinged on some finer points of grammar as the Minnesota Court of Appeals concluded that a temporary employee was ineligible for the state’s retirement plan.

In an Oct. 18 ruling, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the bankruptcy court in the case of Lariat Companies Inc. v. Wigley, excepting a debt from discharge that was obtained by actual fraud.

The Eighth Amendment prevents law enforcement entities from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment. The latter provision was at the center of a case recently ruled on by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Minneapolis voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal to replace the city’s police department with a new Department of Public Safety.

In an important decision in the area of estates and trusts on Oct. 27, the Minnesota Supreme Court underscored that trustees must act in good faith and always with the best interest of the beneficiaries in mind.

Judge Regina Chu ruled in August that there will be no recording or livestreaming of Kim Potter's trial, which is due to start Nov. 30.

For some Minnesotans, audio files are now being outsourced to a transcription company instead of being transcribed by Minnesota court reporters.