Minnesota Supreme Court Decisions 2022

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's petition to withdraw his guilty plea under Minn. R. Crim. P. 15.05, subd. 1, holding that Appellant demonstrated that withdrawal was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions for first-degree premeditated murder, attempted first-degree murder, and kidnapping, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. On appeal, Defendant…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of first-degree premeditated murder, attempted first-degree premeditated murder, and kidnapping, holding that any error in the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) that Respondent was entitled to workers' compensation benefits, holding that Respondent was not entitled to relief on his claims on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the district court's decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Cornelius Emily and Earnest Rhoney, Department of Corrections officers, and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the postconviction court denying Defendant's third and fourth petitions for postconviction relief without holding an evidentiary hearing, holding that there was no error. After…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) reversing the rulings of the compensation judge finding that C. Jeremy Lagasse was entitled to contingent fees under Minn.…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this insurance coverage dispute the Supreme Court held that State Farm Fire and Casualty Company was not required to cover repair costs to masonry under either Minn. Stat. 65A.10, subd. 1 or the State Farm policy at…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that certification of H.B., who was fifteen years old when he was charged in juvenile court with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the district court granting Defendant's motion to dismiss the charge of fifth-degree marijuana possession against him for lack of…

Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant's petition for postconviction relief and vacating Appellant's conviction and sentence, holding that, in a postconviction proceeding, a district court has the authority under Minn. Stat. 590.04, subd. 1 to order…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a petition sought by Petitioner seeking an order authorizing Petitioner to send notices about errors on the for the Murray County ballot for the November 8, 2022 general election to all mail…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court ordered that Petitioners shall correct the ballot for the November 8, 2022 general election because the general election ballot used by voters in Roseau County and Kittson County omitted information…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals' opinion affirming the district court's conclusion that Minn. Stat. 609.746, subd. 1(e)(2) does not require a defendant to have knowledge of the victim's age when the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that, for double jeopardy purposes, the unit of prosecution for a violation of Minn. Stat. 243.166, subd. 3(a), which requires a predatory offender to register "with the corrections agent as soon…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals in this appeal involving a dispute between a homeowner and an insurance company over prejudgment interest, holding that Minnesota standard fire insurance…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Appellant's petition for postconviction relief arguing that the district court committed reversible error by denying his pretrial motion to suppress his statements to law…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court approved a plan proposed by Petitioner to correct an error on the November 8, 2022 general election ballot in this petition brought by the Ramsey County Elections Manager under Minn. Stat. 204B.44(a)…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming in part and reversing and remanding in part the judgment of the district court denying Energy Policy Advocates' motion to compel and dismissing…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals applying the statutory definition of "public waters" in Minn. Stat. 103G.005, subd. 15, to determine whether the upper reach of Limbo Creek was a public…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied this petition asking that the Court order removal of Torrey Westrom from the November 8, 2022 general election ballot as a candidate for Senate District 12, holding that Petitioner was not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment to Marvel, LLC in this negligence action, holding that an exculpatory clause purporting to release Marvel from "any and all claims"…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court rejecting Wife's action against Husband seeking half of his retirement account or, alternatively, an equitable…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the court of appeals reversing the order of the district court granting summary judgment to Defendants - mental healthcare providers - and…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute among four siblings over the ownership of 200 acres of farmland the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the order of the district court that the farmland be distributed…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals construing a letter that Defendants submitted to the district court under Minn. R. Gen. Proc. 115.11 as a permissible tolling motion under Minn. R. Civ.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the court of appeals dismissing Appellant's appeal from the district court's denial of his petition to create a constructive trust, holding that the court of appeals did not err by…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's convictions for four counts of possession of pornographic work involving minors, holding that, assuming that Defendant had a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint alleging that Defendant violated the Minnesota Bond Allocation Act, Minn.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the decision of the court of appeals reversing the district court's issuance of an alternative writ of mandamus to compel the Minneapolis Mayor and the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the tax court denying summary judgment to Rainbow Early Education Center, an early childhood center, on its claim for a tax exclusion as a seminary of learning under Minn.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the tax court finding that the Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. 13.01-.90, prohibited Hennepin County from disclosing certain nonpublic data contained within its expert appraisal…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction of threats of violence in violation of Minn. Stat. 609.713, subd. 1, holding that Defendant's constitutional right to a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the order of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the County of Anoka in this case concerning the proper interpretation of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the district court to deny Defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea, holding that Defendant did not meet his burden of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's sentence for aiding an offender as an accomplice after the fact for her role in concealing evidence of a murder that her husband committed, holding that the sentence did not exceed…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree premeditated murder, holding that the State presented sufficient evidence to support the conviction and that the sentence imposed upon Defendant was not…

Justia Opinion Summary: In this sexual assault case, the Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition sought by Hope Coalition to prohibit the district court from requiring it to disclose records concerning the alleged victim's counseling to the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree felony murder and his sentence of life imprisonment as well as the denial of his petition for postconviction relief, holding that sufficient evidence…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the court of appeals remanding this case to the district court to have two jurors who testified in private during a post-trial Schwartz hearing questioned again in a public…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals holding that decisions made under Minn. Stat. 43A.33 are quasi-judicial administrative decisions subject to certiorari review by the court but reversed its…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court imposing a mandatory five-year conditional release term in connection with Defendant's conviction of fourth-degree assault of a secure treatment facility…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's fourth postconviction petition alleging alleging a claim of newly-discovered evidence, holding that the district court did not abuse its…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court applying the endangerment standard of the child-custody modification statute, Minn. Stat. 518.18(d)(iv), to a…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's convictions on two counts of first-degree burglary and two counts of second-degree assault, holding that there was no error. After…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals upholding the dismissal of Appellants' claims for defense and indemnification of a federal lawsuit from the State under the State Tort Claims Act, Minn.…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the district court's denial of Appellant's postconviction petition in which she argued that her restitution order should be reduced, holding that…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree murder and aggravated robbery, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on any of his claims of error. For the aggravated robbery, the district…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals and remanded this case, holding that, for property to be commandeered, the government must exercise exclusive control over or obtain exclusive possession of…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part the decision of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals (WCCA) affirming the decision of the compensation judge finding that Respondent sustained an…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Appellant's motion to correct a sentence, holding that any alleged procedural error was harmless and that the district court was not required to hold…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction for interference with privacy after concluding that his guilty plea was accurate, holding that Defendant's guilty plea was…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of the State of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and dismissing Plaintiff's complaint alleging a violation…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the district court granting the motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by Defendant, Grant Park Association, and dismissing…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendant of first-degree murder, second-degree intentional murder, and first-degree arson, holding that Defendant was not entitled to relief on…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court dismissing the petitions for writs of mandamus filed by Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. (collectively, the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the district court finding Defendant guilty of four counts of violence under Minn. Stat. 609.713, subd. 1, holding that section…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the nonprecedential opinion of the court of appeals instructing the district court to consider whether Rebecca Bender presented newly discovered evidence warranting relief from a child support…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the tax court ruling on certain motions filed by Taxpayer and rejecting Taxpayer's statutory claim that its property was unequally assessed, holding that the tax court did not…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that certain congressional districts were unconstitutional for purposes of the 2022 primary and general elections, enjoined their use in these elections, and adopted the congressional district…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the district court denying Defendant's fifth petition for postconviction relief, holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying postconviction…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the district court's judgment concluding that Tennis Sanitation, LLC breached the contract between the parties and that, as a result of the…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the district court's dismissing of Plaintiff's breach of fiduciary duty claim against Defendant, an attorney, holding that the court of appeals…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the tax court concluding that three clinics - Perham Clinic, Ottertail Clinic, and New York Mills Clinic - were not subject to property tax because they clinics were exempt…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the district court summarily denying as time-barred Defendant's second petition for postconviction relief, holding that even if the facts alleged in the petition were proven at…

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the unanimity requirement in Minn. Stat. 638.02m, subd. 1 does violate either Minn. Const. art. V, 7 or Minn. Const. art. III, 1. Defendant was convicted of first-degree manslaughter. When…