“[L]iberty of the press, historically considered and taken up by the Federal Constitution, has meant, principally, although not exclusively, immunity from previous restraints or censorship.” ...
Read More »Group’s effort to have Nordby removed from arraignments fails
WATCH — an organization that monitors courts on domestic violence issues — was unsuccessful in its lobbying effort to have Hennepin County Judge Jack Nordby ...
Read More »Rental car company’s vicarious liability capped
A woman injured while riding in a vehicle rented and driven by her husband was subject to a $105,000 cap on the amount that she ...
Read More »Redemption funds were late, not in compliance
A man who was unable to proffer the redemption funds for a property until a day after the expiration of the time period specified by ...
Read More »“One judge-one family” program a qualified success
While pilot project not perfect, it has generally been well-received
Read More »Verbatim
Text of Hennepin County District Court Judge Jack Nordby’s courtroom remarks about WATCH’s efforts to have him removed from the felony arraignment calendar Before we ...
Read More »William Mitchell students tie for first place
A team from William Mitchell College of Law tied for first place in the 2000 International Negotiation Competition held July 7-9 in Wollongong, Australia. William ...
Read More »Defamation suit dismissed where article’s ‘gist’ true
Newspaper story charged company with tax deficiency
Read More »Products for putting paper documents on the Web
The roll of developers of PC-based OCR (optical character recognition) got a little smaller last March when Massachusetts-based ScanSoft purchased the California-based Caere Corporation. Actually, ...
Read More »Legal Briefs
Minnesota State law librarian receives national award The Awards Committee of the State, Court and County Law Libraries Special Interest Section of the American Association ...
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