Court of Appeals Opinions



IMPORTANT NOTICE

Appellate Courts will begin transmitting all notices, orders, and opinions electronically.

Beginning no later than July 1, 2011, the appellate courts will send notices, orders, opinions, and correspondence related to pending cases to attorneys in those cases by e-mail rather than postal mail.  All attorneys with pending appellate cases who have not already registered an e-mail address should do so immediately.  Unrepresented parties with pending appellate cases may also participate in this e-notification system by registering an e-mail address.  Please visit the Clerk of Appellate Courts page for instructions on how to register your e-mail address.
 

Opinion Policies

Minnesota Court of Appeals opinions are issued weekly and are available to the public at 10 a.m. CST/CDT every Monday.

On Wednesday of every week, the Court of Appeals will mail a notice that informs counsel, pro se parties, and court personnel associated with a case that an opinion will be released the following Monday.  Opinions are available online or by visiting the Clerk of Appellate Courts, 305 Minnesota Judicial Center, 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, after the Monday release time.  Copies of the opinions are mailed to involved parties on Mondays.

In certain time-sensitive cases, the Court of Appeals may issue opinions on a business day other than Monday.  In these instances, involved parties will be contacted just prior to the special release.

Please visit the Minnesota State Law Library's Appellate Opinions Archive for previously released Court of Appeals Opinions.


Published Opinions

By statute, the Court of Appeals issues a published opinion only in the most important and complex cases. Published opinions include an extensive analysis of the facts and law. They will be considered and used by courts faced with similar issues in the future, and they are published in books found in most law libraries.

DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS
FILED Monday, March 25, 2024


NO PRECEDENTIAL OPINIONS FILED.

Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished opinions are issued in cases that are less complicated, that involve legal issues that have already been decided in published opinions, or that will affect only the parties to that particular case. These opinions are usually shorter, do not contain extensive discussion of the facts, and are not generally relied on by other courts to the same degree as published opinions.

NONPRECEDENTIAL OPINIONS
FILED Monday, March 25, 2024

Pursuant to Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 136.01, subd. 1 (c)


1.   A23-1107
      Allen Logelin, Respondent, vs. Randy J. Poynter, Appellant.
      Affirmed. Chief Judge Susan L. Segal.
      St. Louis County District Court, Hon. Dale O. Harris.

2.   A23-1049, A23-1050
      Housing First Minnesota, Appellant, vs. City of Corcoran, Respondent (A23-1049). Housing First Minnesota, Appellant, vs. City of Dayton,
      Respondent (A23-1050).
      Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded. Chief Judge Susan L. Segal.
      Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Frank J. Magill, Jr.

3.   A23-0805
      Joan Przybilla, as Trustee, for Next of Kin of Rose Kramer, Respondent, vs. Vista Prairie at River Heights, LLC, et al., Appellants.
      Affirmed. Judge Renee L. Worke.
      Dakota County District Court, Hon. David Lutz.

4.   A23-0271
      State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Henry Lee Brown, Appellant.
      Affirmed. Judge Renee L. Worke.
      Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Paul Scoggin.

5.   A23-1451
      Jennifer Leu, petitioner, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of Public Safety, Respondent.
      Reversed. Judge Michelle A. Larkin.
      Mahnomen County District Court, Hon. Temp Pennington.

6.   A23-1215
      State of Minnesota, ex rel. Nicole Rae Cloud, Appellant, vs. Paul Schnell, Commissioner of Corrections, Respondent.
      Affirmed. Judge Michelle A. Larkin.
      Scott County District Court, Hon. Charles Webber.

7.   A23-0914
      Tescil Romalis Mason-Kimmons, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
      Affirmed. Judge Louise Dovre Bjorkman.
      Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Jay Quam.

8.   A23-0859
      CBS MN Properties, LLC, Appellant, vs. County of Hennepin, Respondent.
      Reversed. Judge Tracy M. Smith.
      Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Jamie L. Anderson.

9.   A23-0578
      State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Otis Redmond Ware, Appellant.
      Affirmed. Judge Sarah Wheelock.
      Ramsey County District Court, Hon. Kellie Charles.

10. A23-1186
      In re the Matter of Ossawinnamakee Road Homeowners, Appellant, vs. Commissioner of City of Breezy Point, Respondent, Office of
      Administrative Hearings, Respondent.
      Affirmed. Judge Jonathan P. Schmidt.
      Crow Wing County District Court, Hon. Kristine R. DeMay.

11. A23-0564
      Roula Mitchell, Appellant, vs. Target Corporation, Respondent.
      Affirmed. Judge Jonathan P. Schmidt.
      Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Bridget Sullivan.

Order Opinions

Cases that involve a few simple issues may be decided by order opinions, which include little discussion of the facts of the case and a brief analysis of the laws that are involved.

RECENT ORDER OPINIONS
March 25, 2024


1.   A23-1623
      Deontray Vershon Tate, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent.
      Affirmed. Chief Judge Susan L. Segal.
      Hennepin County District Court, Hon. Paul Scoggin.

2.   A22-1445
      Kevin Magnus Steinolfson, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Carrie Ann Steinolfson, Appellant, County of Dakota, Intervenor.
      Affirmed. Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr.
      Dakota County District Court, Hon. Vicki Taylor.

3.   A23-0774
      Estate of Jeffrey C. Woodard, Appellant, vs. Marion C. Krumrie, Respondent.
      Reversed and remanded. Judge Keala C. Ede.
      Winona County District Court, Hon. Mary C. Leahy.

Special Release Opinions

NO SPECIAL RELEASE OPINIONS FILED


Opinion Sets

Opinion sets contain all published, unpublished, and order opinions. The sets are compressed into files that must be unpacked before opening them.

Opinion Sets For Opinions
Filed Monday, March 25, 2024

Opinion Set in a Zipped PDF Format

  1. Click the above link.
  2. Save the unzipped file to your computer.
  3. Choose the "Open" option on the Download Complete screen.
  4. Extract the files to a location of your choice.
  5. Open the extracted file.