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Photographs personal residences of lawyers and judges in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic Federal Courthouses in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota - Part One.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Two.
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Photographs of the St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse. (1932).
































Viewing Douglas A. Hedin, "Multi-Judge Panels in the District Courts of Minnesota, 1875-1977."


Douglas A. Hedin, "Multi-Judge Panels in the District Courts of Minnesota, 1875-1977."

In 1875 the 17th Legislature authorized the two judges on the Court of Common Pleas in Ramsey County to preside together over trials and it added a curious proviso--all motions for a new trial must be heard by both judges. In the following decades that odd mandate was omitted from laws permitting a district court judge to invite another judge in the same district to preside with him over a trial. A century later the Legislature repealed the law authorizing multi-judge panels in district courts. This article attempts to explain why and in what cases district court judges used the law authorizing multi-judge panels. It is but one chapter in the history of Minnesota courts.

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