Minnesota Lawyer

State Supreme Court rejects would-be candidate’s case.

PolyMet Mining Inc. said Thursday it will ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to overturn a ruling.

There is a well-defined intersection between Section 1983 litigation over state deprivation of a plaintiff’s civil rights and medical malpractice claims, lawyers say.

It’s no longer a “cap,” it’s a “guideline.” But a presumptive maximum probation term of five years will become Minnesota policy on Aug. 1, unless the Legislature steps in to stop it.

Judge Lois Conroy handed down the sentence and ordered him to report to the adult correctional facility by 9 a.m. Thursday.

.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ latest Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, issued Dec. 31, generated the kind of varied reactions one might expect from a Rorschach test.

The growing battle to control Bremer Bank has drawn the attention of Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Evan Mulholland, staff attorney with the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, said the MPCA shirked its obligation to consider PolyMet’s permit application.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to shield state-run universities from having to appear before a federal administrative body to defend the validity of patents they own.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected two of the most important permits for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, giving a ...