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.