The ComMN Law: A Minnesota Supreme Court Podcast

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We review legal news, summarize interesting cases, and highlight one Minnesota Supreme Court case per episode.

  1. 07/07/2019

    Fagin v. State

    A brief update on the Cruz-Guzman school-segregation case (initially heard at SCOM summer 2018), and charter schools’ unsuccessful attempt to be exempted from the decision The Brodkorb-MacDonald saga never ends, as Michelle MacDonald survives Brodkorb’s attempt to get her case thrown out for missing deadlines Mark gives tribute to Justice Lillehaug, who announced this month that he would retire from the bench after next term Resulted opinion in Central Housing Associates v. Olson, our November case (with an outcome surprising to us at TCL HQ) Court of appeals opinion in Fagin v. State Oral argument in Fagin v. State (podcast form here) Briefing in Fagin v. State: Appellant (State of Minnesota) brief Respondent (Fagin) brief Appellant (State of Minnesota) reply brief

    48 min

  2. 05/31/2019

    Firefighters Union v. City of Brainerd

    A pair (one and two) of K. Feath pieces in MN Lawyer outlining what went down with the Public Safety/Judiciary budget Report from the International Bar Association on harassment and bullying in the legal profession, as well as a MN Lawyer piece highlighting the finding that a third of female lawyers are sexually harassed Here’s everything we know about the lake-naming controversy (post-recording update: the State has appealed the COA ruling to the MN Supreme Court) Court of appeals opinion in Firefighters Union v. City of Brainerd Oral argument in Firefighters Union v. City of Brainerd (podcast form here) Briefing in Firefighters Union v. City of Brainerd: Appellant (City of Brainerd) brief Respondent (Firefighters Union) brief Appellant (City of Brainerd) reply brief

    37 min

  3. 04/30/2019

    Minnesota Sands v. County of Winona

    Justice Thissen pokes MN Supreme Court for “Sesame Street” approach Folks, don’t skirt your taxes like William Butler, regardless of what Jesus says (if you have hours of time to kill, check out this blog that we do not recommend) Courts deny funding for public defender interpreter services (heading soon to a SCOM near you) Opinion published in the case featured in our September episode, Warren v. Dinter Oral argument in MN Sands v. County of Winona Briefing in MN Sands v. County of Winona: Appellant (Minnesota Sands) brief Respondent (County of Winona) brief Appellant (Minnesota Sands) reply brief

    53 min

  4. 03/31/2019

    State v. Harvey

    Alan Page visited Grey Cloud Elementary where he spoke fondly of his time on the court (including in relation to his many other career acheivements) In the latest Michelle MacDonald update, Michael Brodkorb and Allison Mann (see our interview with all three in our Maethner v. Someplace Safe episode) were awarded summary judgment in MacDonald’s defamation case against them and their organization, Missing in Minnesota MN Supreme Court hosted a Call to Action for Lawyer Wellbeing where industry stakeholders were invited to discuss and begin to implement changes to address the crisis of lawyer wellbeing in our legal community Justice Thissen (and TCL!) in another excellent Jon Schmidt interview for Bench & Bar of Minnesota Oral argument in State v. Harvey Briefing in State v. Harvey: Appellant (Harvey) brief Appellant (Harvey) pro se brief Respondent (State) brief Appellant (Harvey) reply brief

    46 min

  5. 02/27/2019

    In the Matter of the Application of J.M.M.

    Justice Thissen speaks about equity, impartial courts The Star Tribune highlights how Minnesota’s judicial budget request reflects impending wave of retirements Court of Appeals opinion in In the Matter of the Application of J.M.M. (and its prior opinion on initial appeal) Oral argument in In the Matter of the Application of J.M.M. Briefing in In the Matter of the Application of J.M.M.: Appellant (J.M.M.) brief Respondent (appointed counsel) brief Appellant (J.M.M.) reply brief Amicus (Standpoint and Battered Women’s Justice Project) brief

    44 min

  6. 01/31/2019

    Larson v. Gannett Company

    New Minnesota judicial selection commissioner pledges to continue diversifying courts MN Lawyer’s K. Feather on Blaha’s blues and whether the MN Legislature will continue to reimburse government officials for their adventures to the MN Supreme Court The court of appeals begins posting its oral arguments online, and already has quite a large archive just one month in (happy listening, law nerds!) Fallout from last summer’s hottest Education Clause case is that Forslund v. State (also known as next summer’s hottest Education Clause case) got another shot at the court of appeals, which rejected it again MN Lawyer summary of Larson v. Gannett Company and oral argument Court of Appeals opinion in Larson v. Gannett Company Oral argument in Larson v. Gannett Company Briefing in Larson v. Gannett Company: Appellant (Larson) brief Respondent (Gannett Company) brief Appellant (Larson) reply brief Respondent (Gannett Company) reply brief Amicus (various media organizations) brief

    1h 1m

  7. 12/31/2018

    Bandemer v. Ford Motor Company

    Dan Heilman for MN Lawyer on a survey that showed that (1) the “Twin Cities overall pays partners far less than in many larger markets” and (2) “male partners have consistently reported substantially higher average compensation than their female counterparts” You know you want to read this sexy story about legislative process reform . . . #tbt to Dusosky v. Fischbach (the case about “sitting on two seats with one butt”) and Fischbach’s defense that was recently retroactively funded by the MN Legislature Justice Thissen’s first majority opinion published December 5, 2018, State v. Ortega-Rodriguez Court of Appeals opinion in Bandemer v. Ford Motor Company Oral argument in Bandemer v. Ford Motor Company Briefing in Bandemer v. Ford Motor Company: Appellant (Bandemer) brief Respondent (Ford) brief Appellant (Bandemer) reply brief Amicus (US Chamber of Commerce) brief Transcript of the episode here

    54 min

  8. 11/28/2018

    Central Housing Associates v. Olson

    Results of the judicial elections and our previously unreleased audio of Michelle MacDonald signaling that she has not ruled out a 2020 run (heads up, Justices Lillehaug and Thissen) David Schultz’s op-ed in the Pioneer Press, “Let’s appoint, rather than elect, Minnesota judges,” on Minnesota’s mode of choosing judges Former-Justice Alan Page’s comments CBS News on the current administration and his op-ed in the Strib on why he accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom (he also stopped by his namesake middle school to discuss accepting the award with students there) Justice Anderson sits for an interview with Jon Schmidt (of State v. Edstrom fame) for Bench & Bar of Minnesota Opinion in In re Marriage of Gill (our featured case from May) with synopses from the firm that argued the case and MN Lawyer’s Barbara L. Jones Opinion in Depositors Insurance Company v. Dollansky, authored by Justice Hudson, with a seventeen-page dissent (his first!) from Justice Thissen, as well as the MN Lawyer summary Order not adopting the proposed amendments to Minnesota Rule of Evidence 404(b), with another dissent from Justice Thissen, taking up the mantle of his predecessor, former-Justice Stras, on the need to amend 404(b) Court of Appeals opinion in Central Housing Associates v. Olson Text of Minn. Stat. § 504B.441 and Minn. Stat. § 504B.285 Oral argument in Central Housing Associates v. Olson

    56 min
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