Minnesota Supreme Court Decisions 2009

In re Petition for Reinstatement of Kent Frederick Strunk, to the Practice of Law in the State of Minnesota, Registration No. 288391.
Date: December 31, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1064
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED December 23, 2009
Date: December 31, 2009
 Docket Number: List
West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, vs. Allstate Insurance Company, Appellant, Thomas Oczak, et al., Appellants.
Date: December 24, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-248, A07-357
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jonathan Sanders, Appellant.
Date: December 17, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-1354
David Lee Laase, Respondent, vs. 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, Appellant.
Date: December 17, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2023
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Revelle Loving, Appellant.
Date: December 17, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1492
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED December 15, 2009
Date: December 17, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Patricia Ann Langston, Appellant, vs. William McShane Corporation, as Administrator for the Twin Cities Carpenters and Joiners Pension Fund, and the Twin Cities Carpenters and Joiners Pension Fund, Respondents.
Date: December 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2034
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Danna Rochelle Back, Appellant.
Date: December 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-17
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Robert Scott Weisberg, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 183945.
Date: December 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-663
In re the Matter of Elaine Irene Lee, Appellant, vs. Raymond Michael Lee, Respondent.
Date: December 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-110
Andrew Tyler Jones, Appellant, vs. Steven C. Borchardt, Respondent.
Date: December 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-556
PROMULGATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MINNESOTA GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS AND SPECIAL RULES OF PROCEDURE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE MINNESOTA COMMITMENT AND TREATMENT ACT.
Date: December 3, 2009
 Docket Numbers: ADM04-8001, ADM09-8006, ADM09-8009, ADM10-8011, ADM10-8050, ADM10-8051, C4-84-2133, C4-85-1848, C4-94-1646, C6-84-2134, CX-89-1863, CX-89-1963
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED November 24, 2009
Date: December 3, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Larry Pearson, Appellant, and Larry Demetrius Pearson, petitioner, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: November 25, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-1605, A08-1821
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Dontaro Lashaun Riddley, Appellant.
Date: November 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1018
PROMULGATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE MINNESOTA GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS AND SPECIAL RULES OF PROCEDURE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE MINNESOTA COMMITMENT AND TREATMENT ACT.
Date: November 25, 2009
 Docket Numbers: ADM04-8001, ADM09-8006, ADM09-8009, ADM10-8011, ADM10-8050, ADM10-8051, C4-84-2133, C4-85-1848, C4-94-1646, C6-84-2134, CX-89-1863, CX-89-1963
ORDER PROMULGATING AMENDMENT TO RULE 111.01.
Date: November 19, 2009
 Docket Numbers: ADM09-8006, C4-84-2133
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Christopher Edwards, Appellant.
Date: November 19, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1012
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED November 17, 2009
Date: November 19, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Daniel S. Schlienz, Appellant.
Date: November 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-874
Paulownia Plantations de Panama Corporation, Respondent, vs. Ambrose Harry Rajamannan, et al., Appellants.
Date: November 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2199
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jarvis Jermaine Atkinson, Appellant.
Date: November 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-146
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Judeth A. Christianson, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 201583.
Date: November 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-843
ORDER TEMPORARILY INCREASING LAWYER REGISTRATION FEES.
Date: November 5, 2009
 Docket Number: C1-81-1206
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED October 28, 2009
Date: November 5, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Charles Yang, Appellant, and Charles Yang, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: October 29, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-121, A08-1464
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Meng Vang, Appellant.
Date: October 29, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-588
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Timothy Michael Block, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 317950.
Date: October 29, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1867
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Dennis Dowe Fisher, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 316155.
Date: October 29, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1618
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Donald B. Davison, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 21568.
Date: October 29, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1087
ORDER PROMULGATING AMENDMENTS TO THE MINNESOTA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Date: October 29, 2009
 Docket Numbers: ADM10-8049, C1-84-2137
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Chad Allen Rourke, Appellant.
Date: October 22, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-937
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Sara Ruth Peck, Respondent.
Date: October 22, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-579
T.A. Schifsky & Sons, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Bahr Construction, LLC, et al., Defendants, Consolidated Lumber Company, d/b/a Arrow Building Center, Respondent, Premier Bank, Appellant, Larson Contracting, Inc., et al., Intervening Defendants, and Premier Bank, Appellant, vs. Bahr Construction & Contracting, LLC, d/b/a Bahr Construction, LLC, et al., Defendants, Consolidated Lumber Company, d/b/a Arrow Building Center, Inc., Respondent.
Date: October 22, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1295
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Amani Jamalludin Fardan, Appellant.
Date: October 22, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1425
Order Promulgating Amendments to Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure.
Date: October 22, 2009
 Docket Numbers: ADM09-8006, C4-84-2133
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED October 20, 2009
Date: October 22, 2009
 Docket Number: List
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Gregg Alan Peacock, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 28757X.
Date: October 15, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1158
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Jana Harvieux Effertz, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 31707X.
Date: October 15, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1741
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Cornelius H. Jackson, Appellant.
Date: October 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1239
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Lamonte Rydell Martin, Appellant.
Date: October 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1262
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ryan Adam Johnson, Appellant.
Date: October 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1199
Henry J. Langer, Relator, Patricia K. Langer, Appellant Below, vs. Commissioner of Revenue, Respondent.
Date: October 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-414
In re Petition for Reinstatement of Donald J. Fraley, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 31392.
Date: October 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-975
Janet L. Moe, Respondent, vs. University of Minnesota, Self-Insured/Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Relators, and University of Minnesota Physicians, Fairview Health Services, Inc., Intervenors.
Date: October 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-958
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED September 29, 2009
Date: October 1, 2009
 Docket Number: List
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Michael Frants, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 334066.
Date: September 24, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-113
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED September 16, 2009
Date: September 24, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Inquiry into the Conduct of The Honorable Timothy Blakely.
Date: September 17, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1445
McLane Minnesota, Inc., Relator, vs. Commissioner of Revenue, Respondent.
Date: September 17, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1632
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. David Michael Davis, Appellant.
Date: September 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-36
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Don Jones, Appellant.
Date: September 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1168
In re a Petition for Instructions to Construe Basic Resolution 876 of The Port Authority of the City of St. Paul.
Date: September 10, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-1512, A07-1513, A07-1514
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Justin Lamont Buckingham, Appellant.
Date: September 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1331
David James Doppler, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: September 10, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1782
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Antoine Delany Williams, Appellant.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1502
Clarence Allen Holt, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-223
Rachel Fleeger, Plaintiff, vs. Wyeth and its division Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Greenstone, Ltd., Defendants.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2124
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Albert Isiaka Usumanu, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 25180X.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-400
Minh-Phuong T. Phan, Relator, vs. Radisson Hotel and American Compensation Insurance/RTW, Inc., Respondents.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-621
Robert M. Hurd, Respondent, vs. Northern Industrial Insulation, and Western National Insurance Group, Relators, and Lakes States Insulation, and General Casualty Companies, Respondents, and Duluth Building Trades Health & Welfare Fund, Lakewalk Surgery Center, and St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System, Intervenors.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-765
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Camille Jones Foster, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 287921.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-774
Christine Hillesheim, Respondent, vs. Wood Dale Nursing Home, Inc., and SFM Mutual Insurance Company, Relators.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-839
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Vance O. Bushay, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 13675.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1192
In re Petition for Appointment of Trustee Regarding Todd Stedtfeld, a Deceased Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 140818.
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1435
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED August 26, 2009
Date: September 3, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Everado NMN Cruz-Ramirez, Appellant.
Date: August 27, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1420
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Myon Demarlo Burrell, Appellant.
Date: August 20, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1271
Geronimo Sanchez, et al., Relators, vs. Commissioner of Revenue, Respondent.
Date: August 20, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2281
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Booker T. Hodges, Appellant.
Date: August 13, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1519
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jeremy Mark LeDoux, Appellant.
Date: August 13, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-260
Jewelean Jackson, Ethylon Brown, William Brown, Brenda Doane, and David Williams, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, vs. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., and Richard W. Stanek, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Hennepin County, Defendants.
Date: August 13, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-397
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Patrick Joseph Farley, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 387773.
Date: August 13, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1178
In re Petition for Appointment of Trustee Regarding William J. Platto, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 87154.
Date: August 13, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1181
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED August 11, 2009
Date: August 13, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Midwest Pipe Insulation, Inc., d/b/a MPI, Inc., Respondent, vs. MD Mechanical, Inc., Defendant, Minneapolis Pipefitters Union, Local 539, Appellant.
Date: August 6, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1706
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jeremy Jackson, Appellant.
Date: August 6, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-624
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Barton Carl Winter, A Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 271433.
Date: August 6, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1014
HealthEast, Relator, and University of Minnesota Physicians, Intervenor, vs. County of Ramsey Respondent.
Date: August 6, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2190
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED July 22, 2009
Date: August 6, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Wayne J. Kratzer, Respondent, vs. Welsh Companies, LLC, Appellant.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2284
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Danny Ortega, Appellant.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-22
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. De-Aunteze Lavion Bobo, Appellant, and De-Aunteze Lavion Bobo, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07–1688, A08-1201
The Business Bank, Appellant, vs. Kevin Hason, et al., Respondents, Option One Mortgage Corporation, Respondent, The United States of America, Defendant.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1832
In re Petition for Reinstatement of Sharon D. Ramirez, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 231162.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A04-2499
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Robert M. Light, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 214978.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2128
In re Petition for Reinstatement of J. Timothy Kaine, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 5320X.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2089
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Jason Eric Fischer, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 308274.
Date: July 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-1220
Timothy Patrick Chambers, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: July 23, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1588
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Paul P. Spence, Respondent.
Date: July 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-1541
Star Windshield Repair, Inc., as assignee for Aaron Helget, Appellant, vs. (A07-216) Western National Insurance Co., Respondent, and The Glass Network, Claimant, Auto Glass Express, as assignee for Kathy Heglos, claimant, Appellant, vs. (A07-217) Austin Mutual Insurance Company, Respondent, and Archer Auto Glass, as Assignee of Ronald Hornberg, Appellant, vs. (A07-830) State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Respondent, AND Auto Owners Insurance Co., Respondent, vs. (A07-972) Star Windshield Repair, Inc., as Intended Assignee of A & E Construction Supply., et al., Appellant.
Date: July 16, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-216, A07-217, A07-830, A07-972
City of West St. Paul, Appellant, vs. Alice Jane Krengel, Respondent.
Date: July 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-310
In the Matter of the Review of the 2005 Annual Automatic Adjustment of Charges for All Electric and Gas Utilities.
Date: July 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-653
Charles Ray Barnes, Petitioner, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent, and Charles Ray Barnes, Petitioner, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: July 16, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-2090, A08-1594
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Eugene Erick Fort, Appellant.
Date: July 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-27
The Work Connection, Inc., Appellant, vs. Son Q. Bui, Respondent, Department of Employment and Economic Development, Respondent.
Date: July 9, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-348
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against John M. Broeker, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 11782.
Date: July 9, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1845
Theresa D. Vaughn, Respondent, vs. Allina Health System d/b/a Mercy Medical Center, and Self-Insured/administered by Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc., Relators, and Special Compensation Fund.
Date: July 2, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-589
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED June 30, 2009
Date: July 2, 2009
 Docket Number: List
In the Matter of the Contest of General Election held on November 4, 2008, for the purpose of electing a United States Senator from the State of Minnesota, Cullen Sheehan and Norm Coleman, contestants, Appellants, vs. Al Franken, contestee, Respondent.
Date: June 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-697
Sergey Oganov, Appellant, vs. American Family Insurance Group, Respondent.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-929
LeRoy Bahr, Appellant, vs. Boise Cascade Corporation, a/k/a Boise Paper Cascade Corporation, et al., Respondents.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1353
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Michael Lawrence Czarnik, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 257382.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1885
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Joel C. Monke, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 74445.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1207
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Lawrence Edward Nichols, a Minnesota Attorney, Attorney Registration No. 221363.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1934
Plaintiff v. Defendant
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-400
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against John Normon Nelson, Jr., a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 296120.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-615
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Mark A. Olson, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 82119.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-813
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against James C. Backstrom, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 3797.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-861
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Tracy R. Eichhorn-Hicks, a Minnesota Attorney,Registration No. 26128.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-883
In re Petition for Appointment of Trustee Regarding Thornton P. Anderson, a Deceased Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 2410.
Date: June 25, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-972
In re Paul W. Abbott Company, Inc., Appellant, In re: Minnesota Asbestos Litigation.
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1105
Pierre Lamont Leake, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1596
Otha Eric Townsend, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1664
In re Petition for Reinstatement of David Lawrence McCormick, Registration No. 259500.
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-77
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Melissa Ashley Zentner, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 327189.
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-86
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Jay Gerard Swokowski, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 199710.
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2006
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED June 16, 2009
Date: June 18, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al., Appellants, vs. The City of Minneapolis, et al., Respondents, Mark Ritchie, in his official capacity as the Secretary of State for the State of Minnesota or his successor, et al., Defendants, FairVote Minnesota, Inc., intervenor-defendant, Respondent.
Date: June 11, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-182
Bryan Martin, Employee, vs. Morrison Trucking, Inc., Respondent, and Travelers Insurance Company, Relator, and Special Claims Section f/k/a Special Compensation Fund, Respondent.
Date: June 4, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2056
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED May 27, 2009
Date: June 4, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Dario George Bonga, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: May 28, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1135
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Kenneth M. Holker, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 46267.
Date: May 21, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-896
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Elton Perez Vance, Appellant.
Date: May 21, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2130
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Calandra Faye Harris, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 319910.
Date: May 21, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1525
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED May 19, 2009
Date: May 21, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Christian N. Franks, Appellant.
Date: May 14, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-1242
Jeffrey C. Morris, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: May 14, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2101
David Foss, (as parent and natural guardian of David Gerald Warren Foss, minor child, and David Foss, individually), Appellant, vs. Jeremy Kincade and Stephanie Kincade, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, Respondents/Appellants, vs. Peggy Foss, Third-Party Defendant/Respondent.
Date: May 14, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-313
Eric Maurice Wright, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: May 14, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1666
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Joel C. Monke, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 74445.
Date: May 14, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1207
Jerred K. Moore, Respondent, vs. Cal Spas of Minnesota, and SFM Mutual Insurance Company, Relators.
Date: May 14, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2084
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Steven Douglas Stanke, Appellant.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-132, A07-95
Catherine F. Peterka, Respondent, vs. Stephen G. Dennis, Certified Public Accountant, et al., Appellants, Todd R. Haugan, Attorney at Law, Defendant.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-165
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 292, Appellant, vs. City of St. Cloud, and Design Electric, Inc., Respondents.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-1388, A07-1418
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Timothy James Peterson, Appellant.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-117
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Michael Joseph Hall, Jr., Appellant.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-467
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ronald L. Kopeska, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 5754X.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2152
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Lisa Jane Mayne, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 308705.
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1522
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED April 29, 2009
Date: May 7, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Dale Lee Underdahl, Appellant, Timothy Arlen Brunner, Appellant.
Date: April 30, 2009
 Docket Numbers: A07-2293, A07-2428
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against John Norman Nelson, Jr., a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 296120.
Date: April 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-615
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Sharon Elizabeth Arbeiter, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 209648.
Date: April 30, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-663
Valspar Refinish, Inc., Respondent, vs. Gaylord's, Inc., a California corporation, Appellant.
Date: April 23, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2227
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Alonzo Jerome Graham, Appellant.
Date: April 23, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1759
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Benjamin S. Houge, a Minnesota Attorney Registration No. 47387.
Date: April 23, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2332
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED April 21, 2009
Date: April 23, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Irene Hoffman, et al., Appellants, vs. Northern States Power Company, d/b/a Xcel Energy, Respondent.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2275
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Stephen Vincent Grigsby, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 291973.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-688
In the Matter of the Welfare of: H.A.D., Child.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1341
Adrian D. Williams, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2148
Michael Charles Stewart, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-917
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Sungtaek Cho, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 338461.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1591
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Joshua Lee Kammerer, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 295061.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1856
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Vang Pao Lee, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 308614.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1902
Elvira O. Ramirez, Respondent, vs. Marathon Ashland Oil, and ACE Insurance Company administered by Frank Gates Services Company, Relators, and Regina Medical Center, Allina, Summit Orthopedics, Walgreen Company, St. Paul Radiology, Therapy Partners, Inc., Center for Diagnostic Imaging, and Primary Behavior Health Clinic, Intervenors.
Date: April 16, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2151
Metropolitan Airports Commission, Respondent, vs. Thomas W. Noble, Respondent, Speedway SuperAmerica LLC, a Delaware corporation, Appellant, Northern States Power Company, n/k/a Xcel Energy, Respondent, State of Minnesota, Respondent, County of Hennepin, Respondent, City of Bloomington, Respondent.
Date: April 9, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2400
Brian T. Carlson, et al., Appellants, vs. Bloomington Housing Partners II, Respondent.
Date: April 9, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1105
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Linda A. Brost, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 182692.
Date: April 9, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1012
In the Matter of the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District NPDES/SDS Permit No. MN0040738, Reissuance for the Expanded Discharge of Treated Wastewater, Douglas County, Alexandria, Minnesota.
Date: April 2, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-1371
In re Petition for Reinstatement of Steven K. Aakre, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 131817.
Date: April 2, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1467
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against William F. Jones, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 146444.
Date: April 2, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2297
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED March 31, 2009
Date: April 2, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Daniel Leonard Anderson, Appellant.
Date: March 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1622
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Russell John Hurd, Appellant.
Date: March 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-539
State of Minnesota, by its Pollution Control Agency and its Attorney General Lori Swanson, Respondent, vs. Evanston Insurance Company, et al., Defendants, Northern National Insurance Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Appellant.
Date: March 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1132
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Daniel P. Taber, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 108157.
Date: March 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1524
General Casualty Company of Wisconsin, Plaintiff, vs. Wozniak Travel, Inc. d/b/a Hobbit Travel, Defendant, The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises, Defendant.
Date: March 19, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-321
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED March 17, 2009
Date: March 19, 2009
 Docket Number: List
Norm Coleman, et al., Petitioners, vs. Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State, The Minnesota State Canvassing Board, Isanti County Canvassing Board, et al., Respondents, Al Franken for Senate and Al Franken, Intervenor-Respondents.
Date: March 6, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2169
Al Franken, Petitioner, vs. Timothy Pawlenty, as Governor, and Mark Ritchie, as Secretary of State, Respondents, and Norm Coleman, Intervenor-Respondent.
Date: March 6, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-64
Lester Building Systems, a division of Butler Manufacturing Company, et al., Appellants, vs. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, Respondent.
Date: March 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-155
Charles G. Jacob, Respondent, vs. Davies, Inc. and CNA/National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, f/k/a/ Transcontinental Insurance Company, Relators.
Date: March 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2047
Stephen Danforth, Appellant, v. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
Date: February 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A04-1993
The Big Lake Association, Appellant, vs. Saint Louis County Planning Commission, et al., Respondents,Big Lake Properties, LLC, John A. Swenson, Sheryl L. Swenson, and George P. Nall, Respondents.
Date: February 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-2305
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Mark R. Hellerud, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 146341.
Date: February 26, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2055
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED February 25, 2009
Date: February 26, 2009
 Docket Number: List
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED February 17, 2009
Date: February 19, 2009
 Docket Number: List
State of Minnesota, Appellant, vs. Jakklyn M. Netland, Respondent.
Date: February 12, 2009
 Docket Number: A06-1511
In Re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Patricia Jean Ryerson, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 216665.
Date: February 12, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1390
Garrett M. Marshall, Employee, vs. Steinbrecher Painting, Inc., and Meadowbrook Claims Services, Relators, and Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry, Workers
Date: February 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1673
Dawn Norgren, Relator, vs. Aramark, and Lumbermen's Mutual/Specialty Risk Services, Inc., Respondents.
Date: February 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-1822
In re Petition to Transfer to Disability Status of Charles R. Powell, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 177702.
Date: February 5, 2009
 Docket Number: A09-17
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED January 28, 2009
Date: February 5, 2009
 Docket Number: List
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against John T. Anderson, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 2549.
Date: January 29, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2126
State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Jeffrey C. Pendleton, Appellant.
Date: January 29, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2313
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Matthew K. Begeske, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 209764.
Date: January 22, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2013
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ronald M. Stark, Jr., a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 178421.
Date: January 22, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-2188
List of ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW FILED January 20, 2009
Date: January 22, 2009
 Docket Number: List
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Michael Laurence Czarnik, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 257382.
Date: January 15, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-1885
In the Matter of the Risk Level Determination of J.M.T.
Date: January 15, 2009
 Docket Number: A08-365
In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Ronald Lyle Kopeska, a Minnesota Attorney, Registration No. 5754X.
Date: January 8, 2009
 Docket Number: A07-2152
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