Viewing Minnesota Supreme Court Category (37) found:Douglas A. Hedin: Now on the Ballot for Candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court: "Calvin L. Brown (Republican-Democrat)"---The Story of In re Day (1904).In the summer of 1904, Associate Justice Calvin Luther Brown was about the last person Republican leaders would expect to encourage litigation by Democrats challenging an election law that was the bedrock of their dominance of state government. But that is exactly what happened in September 1904 whe... Penny A. Petersen: "Isaac Atwater." (2014).Isaac Atwater arrived in St. Anthony Village in late 1850, at the urging of John Wesley North, a fellow lawyer and friend from New York. He was 32 years old. North and Atwater practiced law together less than a year. Thereafter, Atwater continued to practice law, bought and sold land claims, and s... Douglas A. Hedin, "Chief Justice Gilfillan is Defeated: A Study of the 1894 Republican State Convention and Election."This is a study of the 1894 Republican State Convention and subsequent election. The Party endorsed Judge Charles M. Start, who defeated Chief Justice Gilfillan by a wide margin. ... "In Memoriam: Chief Justice James Gilfillan (1829-1894)."James Gilfillan, the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, died on December 16, 1894. He was 65 years old.
Douglas A. Hedin & Elsa Prigozy, "Chief Justice Henry Z. Hayner (1802-1874)."Henry Zachariah Hayner was the third chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory. He served from October 6, 1852 to April 5, 1853, when he was replaced by William Welch.
"Results of Elections of Justices to the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1857-2022"The results of all elections of justices to the Minnesota Supreme Court from the first election on October 13, 1857 to the latest on November 8, 2022 are posted here. ... Photographs, Engravings & Drawings of Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court: The Nineteenth Century.Portraits of the Justices who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court in the Nineteenth Century are posted here. ... Drawings, Engravings and Photographs of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory, 1849-1858.Portraits of Chief Justices Aaron Goodrich, Jerome Fuller and William H. Welch, and Associate Justices Bradley B. Meeker, David Cooper, Andrew Chatfield, Moses Sherburne, Rensselaer R. Nelson and Charles E. Flandrau are posted in this album.
Douglas A. Hedin, "Chief Justice Gilfillan is Re-elected" (1882).In 1882 both major political parties endorsed incumbent James Gilfillan for re-election to the office of Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. This had not happened before. An incumbent would not run unopposed until Charles M. Start ran in 1900 and 1906. This story of the 1882 election of ... Douglas A. Hedin, "Lafayette Emmett v. James Gilfillan: The Contest for the Election of Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1875."This is the story of the election of the Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court in 1875. Incumbent James Gilfillan received the "endorsement" of the Republican Party while Lafayette Emmett, a former chief justice who had served from 1858 to 1865, was nominated by the Democratic and the Anti-M... Douglas A. Hedin, "George B. Young v. Francis R. E. Cornell: The Contest for the Republican Nomination for Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1874."The appointment of a new justice to the Minnesota Supreme Court in the twenty-first century may result in a few newspaper articles, one or two on the retiring jurist and one or two on the new one. This was not the reaction of state newspapers to appointments to the Court in April 1874.
Douglas A. Hedin: "James Gilfillan vs. Christopher G. Ripley: The Contest for the Republican Nomination for Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1869."On July 14, 1869, Governor William R. Marshall appointed James Gilfillan Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court replacing Thomas Wilson who had resigned to run for United States Senator. Gilfillan was a respected member of a prominent St. Paul law firm and a Civil war veteran. He was, of cou... Douglas A. Hedin: The Puzzle of the Elections of 1892, 1898, 1904 and 1910. (2010).The 1892 election was the first of four judicial elections where the start of the terms of the certain associate justices was delayed one year. Three associate justices, who were elected in November 1892, did not take office until January 1894; three justices elected in November 1898, did not take o... Douglas A. Hedin: "A Citation History of Pine River State Bank v. Mettille: A Study of Common Law Change, Judicial Influence, and the Birth of a Discipline." (2006)This article is a history of the emergence of employment law as a separate discipline within the legal profession from the early 1980s through the end of the century. The article emphasizes developments in Minnesota.
Douglas A. Hedin: "The Quicksands of Originalism: Interpreting Minnesota's Constitutional Past." (2003)Very little of the burgeoning literature on "originalism" is devoted to its place in state constitutional law. This article explores practical barriers to the use of originalism by the Minnesota Supreme Court. It does not address the worthiness of the originalist school of adjudication
Douglas A. Hedin: "West Publishing Company Edits the Opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court" (2013).West Publishing Company began publishing the regional Northwestern Reporter in 1879. Each volume contained the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska and Dakota. Beginning with Volume 41, appearing in 1889, West reformatted the courts' decisions by elimin... George F. Longsdorf: "The Supreme Court of Minnesota." (1912).George Foster Longsdorf, a St. Paul lawyer, published a short history of the Minnesota Supreme Court's first fifty years in the June 1912 issue of Case and Comment, a popular legal magazine. He describes the early years of the court, discusses a dozen significant decisions and profiles several indiv... "Supreme Court of Minnesota" (St. Paul Globe, 1902).The St. Paul Globe, founded by Harlan P. Hall in 1878, was published daily until 1905. Anyone interested in the courts during this period sooner or later turns to the Globe for help. Its reporters were keen and insightful observers of the trial bar and the bench.
Clark Bell: "The Minnesota Supreme Court." (1899).In 1899, "The Medico-Legal Journal" published a two-part article on Minnesota. The first part consisted of short paragraphs on the early history of the state and a list of supreme court justices and their terms. Profiles of the justices formed the second part of the article. Clark Bell, a New York... Judge Charles B. Elliott: "The Supreme Court of Minnesota." (1892).The first history of the Minnesota Supreme Court was written by thirty-one year old Charles B. Elliott, a judge on the Minneapolis Municipal Court. It was published in two installments in "The Green Bag," a popular journal for the legal profession in the 1890s. The first, covering the territorial pe... Thomas D. O'Brien, "Autobiography" (1935).Several months before his death on September 3, 1935, Thomas Dillon O'Brien dictated his memoir. He never revised or even re-read it. It was typed the next year and 200 copies were printed by the St. Paul Dispatch in 1938. It is posted here.
Wallace Barton Douglas (1852-1930).Wallace Barton Douglas graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1875. Eight years later, he moved to Moorhead, where he served as city attorney, and later as attorney for Clay County. After two terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives, he was elected Attorney General... Isaac Atwater (1818-1906)Isaac Atwater served as associate justice on the first Minnesota Supreme Court following statehood. He was a prominent lawyer in St. Anthony and Minneapolis before and after his service on the court. ... Charles E. Flandrau: "Judge Isaac Atwater." (1888)Isaac Atwater arrived in Minnesota in 1850, at the age of 32, and died here in 1906. He served on the first supreme court following statehood. He was elected in 1857, and served from 1858 to mid-1864, when he resigned.
Isaac Atwater, "Charles Edwin Vanderburgh" (1888).Isaac Atwater's short biographical sketch of Associate Justice Charles E. Vanderburgh, who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1882 to 1894, was published in the June 1888 issue of "Magazine of Western History." It is posted here. ... In Memoriam: Justice F. R. E. Cornell (1821-1881).Francis Russell Edward Cornell served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives, three terms as Attorney General and over six years as Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Douglas A. Hedin: "Chief Justice Jerome Fuller (1808-1880)."Jerome Fuller, a New York lawyer, Whig politician and newspaper editor, served as Chief Justice of Minnesota Territory from October 1851 through August 1852. During his term, he presided over sessions of the district court in Washington, Ramsey and Chisago Counties. He also presided over the secon... Douglas A. Hedin: "Advisory Opinions of the Territorial Supreme Court, 1852-1854." (2009)During Minnesota's territorial period, and for several years after statehood, a law authorizing the legislature to request advisory opinions from the supreme court was in effect. It provided:
Chief Justice Charles Loring: "Historical Review of the Judicial System of Minnesota" (1947).In 1947, Chief Justice Charles Loring's "Historical Review of the Judicial System of Minnesota" was published in Volume 27 Minnesota Statutes Annotated (West). It is posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1915).The Minnesota Supreme Court's Rules of Practice, revised May 1915, are posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1913).The Minnesota Supreme Court's Rules of Practice, effective July 1, 1913, are posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1895) and the Code of Rules of the District Courts (1893).The Minnesota Supreme Court's Rules of Practice, revised as of February 1, 1895, and the revised Code of Rules of the District Courts of Minnesota, adopted August 24, 1893, are posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, the District Courts of Minnesota and the U. S. Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota (1878).The Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Minnesota District Courts and the United States Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota were published as a pamphlet in 1878. They are posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1872).The Minnesota Supreme Court's Rules of Practice, adopted in 1867, were amended in 1868 and 1872. They were published as a pamphlet in 1874 and are posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1867).The Minnesota Supreme Court adopted Rules of Practice effective July 24, 1867. They are posted here. ... Rules of Practice of the Territorial Supreme Court (1852).The Rules of Practice of the Territorial Supreme Court and District Courts, adopted July 26, 1852, are posted here. ... The Territorial Supreme Court's First Rules of Practice (1850).On January 16, 1850, the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court adopted three sets of rules of practice: for itself, the district courts and the court of chancery. These were the first rules of the courts of Minnesota Territory. They were published as a pamphlet later that year. They were superseded... |