Minnesota Judicial Branch History

Written for and presented on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, 13 December 1993.

A report describing the state of the Minnesota Supreme Court's caseload and the need for a court of appeals.

The story of the Minnesota Courts from the territorial times to the construction of the Minnesota Judicial Center.

Program describing the ceremonies to mark the opening of the Minnesota Judicial Center on May 11, 1995.

Flyer created to promote passage of the Minnesota Constitutional Amendment that created the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

• Introductory statement of Advisory Committee
• General principles
• Sentences
• Anticipatory crimes
• Homicide and suicide
• Crimes against the person
• Crimes of compulsion
• Sex crimes
• Crimes against the family
• Crimes against the government
• Crimes affecting public officer or employee
• Crimes against the administration of justice
• Theft and related crimes
• Damage or trespass to property
• Forgery and related crimes
• Crimes against public safety and health
• Crimes against public decency
• Public misconduct or nuisance
• Gambling
• Crimes against reputation
• Crimes relating to communications
• Crimes relating to a business
• Miscellaneous crimes.

A report presenting the findings, conclusions and recommendations resulting from a study conducted to determine the space requirements of the State Supreme Court in the future.

Report evaluating the first year of operation of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Proclamation designating December 13, 1993 to be Minnesota Court of Appeals Appreciation Day, signed by Joan Growe and Arne Carlson

Press release, program and remarks of Chief Justice Douglas Amdahl from the ground-breaking ceremony of the Minnesota Judicial Center.

Program, press release, facts about the Judicial building, and list of items included in the cornerstone.

Press releases from both before and after the Cornerstone Ceremony held on October 26, 1988.

Investiture ceremony: Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Associate Justice Margaret H. Chutich and Court of Appeals Judge Diane B. Bratvold. Speakers: Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, Chief Judge Edward Cleary, Governor Mark Dayton, Judge Diana Murphy, Associate Justice Margaret H. Chutich, former Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, Judge Diane B. Bratvold, Michael Unger (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association).

Speakers: ReBecca Koenig Roloff (president of Saint Catherine University), Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Cecelia McKeig (mother of Justice McKeig), Chief Justice Lori S. Gildea, Robin Wolpert (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Philip Brodeen (president of the Minnesota American Indian Law Association), Governor Mark Dayton, Brittney Miller (attorney, former law clerk of Justice McKeig), Noya Woodrich (former president and CEO, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches), Judge Robert A. Blaeser (Chief Judge, White Earth Tribal Court), Associate Justice Anne K. McKeig, Terrence Tibbetts (chairman, White Earth Tribal Council), Eugene Tibbetts (White Earth Tribal Council).

Speakers: Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, Paul Godfrey (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Governor Mark Dayton, Kate Prushek, Judge James Loken, former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Associate Justice Paul C. Thissen.

This is a video recording of the book presentation by the Minnesota State Law Library to Associate Justice Lawrence Yetka before the full court of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Accompanies "The political, professional and judicial career of Lawrence R. Yetka."

Presentation of Justice Gilbert's career book, The Legal and Judicial Career of Justice James H. Gilbert, to the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Investiture ceremony for Associate Justices Helen Meyer and Sam Hanson, Minnesota Supreme Court, and Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, Minnesota Court of Appeals, held September 3, 2002 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. Speakers: Fred Grittner, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Chief Judge Edward Toussaint, Jr., John Duckstad, Governor Jesse Ventura, Martha Abbott-Ladner, Bill Foster, George Soule, Associate Justice Helen Meyer, Associate Justice Edward Stringer, Associate Justice Sam Hanson, Judge Michael J. Davis, Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright.

Investiture ceremony : Minnesota Supreme Court, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz and Associate Justice James H. Gilbert.
Ceremony held January 29, 1998 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Speakers: Marvin Anderson, former Chief Justice A.M. ("Sandy") Keith, Chief Judge Edward Toussaint, Jr., Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Robert ("Bob") Stein, Governor Arne Carlson, Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Ronald ("Ron") Meshbesher, Associate Justice James ("Jim") Gilbert.

Presentation of Justice Stringer's career book, The Legal and Judicial Career of Justice Edward C. Stringer, to the Minnesota Supreme Court on October 17, 2023.

A special session of the Minnesota Supreme Court at the Minnesota State Capitol Courtroom to accept the papers of Justice Sam Hanson on May 5, 2010.

Oral history interview with Eric J. Magnuson, former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice conducted by Judge Diane B. Bratvold of the Minnesota Court of Appeals at the Minnesota Continuing Legal Education Center, May 2, 2022.

Ceremony held October 13, 2004 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Speakers: Marvin Anderson (former State Law Librarian), Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Governor Tim Pawlenty, David Stowman (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Chief Judge Edward Toussaint, Judge Bruce D. Willis, Judge Thomas J. Kalitowski, Eric Magnuson (chair of the Supreme Court Applicant Review Committee).

Ceremony held October 16, 2012 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Participant Speakers: Rita Coyle De Meules, Chief Justice Lori S. Gildea, Robert Enger, Governor Mark Dayton, Katherian D. Roe, Judge Michael Davis, Judge Thomas Kalitowski, Associate Justice Wilhelmina M. Wright.

Originally appeared in the Appendix of Minnesota Reports Vol. 1

Photo book of the plans and photos of the final construction of the Minnesota Judicial Center.

Originally appeared in the Appendix to Minnesota Reports Vol. 1.

Originally appeared in the Appendix of Minnesota Reports Vol. 1

Investiture ceremony: Minnesota Supreme Court, Associate Justice Natalie Hudson.
Speakers: Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, Michael Unger (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Governor Mark Dayton, Cliff Green, Senior Judge Michael Davis, former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Associate Justice Natalie Hudson.

Ceremony held November 4, 1996 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Marvin Anderson, Chief Justice A.M. ("Sandy") Keith, Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Judge Isabel Gomez, former Chief Justice Robert ("Bob") Sheran, Governor Arne Carlson, Associate Justice Kathleen Blatz.

Investiture ceremony : Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson, Associate Justice Karl C. Procaccini, Minnesota Supreme Court
Ceremony held November 27, 2023 at the Minnesota Historical Society in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Speakers: Timothy Droske (Supreme Court Commissioner), Associate Justice Anne McKeig, Sounds of Blackness, the Reverend Frenchye Magee, Associate Justice G. Barry Anderson, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, Governor Tim Walz, Judge David R. Stras (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit), Kobie Hudson, Vanne Owens Hayes, Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright (U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota), Chief Justice Natalie E. Hudson, Sr. Judge Michael J. Davis (U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota), former Associate Justice David Lillehaug, Associate Justice Karl C. Procaccini, Paul Floyd (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association).

Investiture ceremony : Associate Justice David L. Lillehaug, Minnesota Supreme Court
Minnesota Supreme Court investiture ceremony for Associate Justice David L. Lillehaug
Ceremony held June 28, 2013 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Speakers: Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Kara Lillehaug, Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea, Robert Enger (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Tina Smith (chief of staff to Governor Mark Dayton and Lieutenant Governor Yvonne Prettner Solon), former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Charles N. Nauen, Associate Justice David L. Lillehaug.

Ceremony held January 4, 1993 in the O'Shaughnessy Auditorium, College of St. Catherine, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Participant Speakers: Fred Grittner, Chief Justice A.M. Keith, Tom Kayser, Jerry W. Blackwell, Angela Tucker, Georgianna Page, Professor Gerald Torres, Judge Damon J. Keith, Associate Justice Alan Page.

Investiture ceremony : Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Associate Justice David R. Stras, Minnesota Supreme Court
Ceremony held July 12, 2010 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Speakers: Richard Slowes (commissioner of the Supreme Court), Gretchen Retka, Chief Judge Kathleen Gearin (2nd Judicial District), Terry Votel (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Governor Tim Pawlenty, former Chief Justice Russell A. Anderson, Associate Justice Alan Page, Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea, David Whitman (dean of the University of Minnesota Law School), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice David R. Stras.

Plan pages from the Design Development Document and the Minnesota Judicial Center Picture Book prepared by The Leonard Parker Associates Architects

Dedication of the Minnesota Judicial Center at the completion of its construction.

Panel discussion with four Chief Justices, Eric Magnuson, Kathleen Blatz, Lorie Gildea and Natalie Hudson hosted by Court of Appeals Judge Jon Schmidt.

Photograph of the Mechanic Arts High School drinking fountain which was installed in the Minnesota Judicial Center, just outside the State Law Library, to commemorate the school which formerly occupied the land.