Minnesota Judicial Branch History

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.