Minnesota Court of Appeals

Minnesota Court of Appeals
Minnesota Court of Appeals
	44°57′16″N 93°6′1″W / 44.95444°N 93.10028°W
Established	November 1, 1983
Jurisdiction	Minnesota, United States
Location	Saint Paul
Coordinates	44°57′16″N 93°6′1″W / 44.95444°N 93.10028°W
Composition method	Nonpartisan election, appointment by the governor if filling midterm vacancy
Authorized by	Minnesota Constitution
Appeals to	Minnesota Supreme Court
Judge term length	6 years (mandatory retirement at the age of 70)
Number of positions	19
Website	Official website
Chief Judge
Currently	Susan Segal
Since	May 1, 2020
Lead position ends	October 31, 2025
Jurist term ends	January 2, 2029

The Minnesota Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It began operating on November 1, 1983.

Jurisdiction

The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over most appeals from the state trial courts, including the Minnesota District Courts, and from many decisions of state agencies and local governments. The only exceptions to this grant of jurisdiction are statewide election contests, first-degree murder cases, and appeals from the Minnesota Tax Court and Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, all of which go directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has discretionary review. Only about five percent of Court of Appeals decisions are accepted by the Supreme Court for further review, meaning that the Court of Appeals makes the final ruling in the vast majority of the 2,000 to 2,400 appeals filed every year.^[1]

Procedure

Under Minnesota law, the Court of Appeals must issue a decision within 90 days after oral arguments. If no oral argument is held, a decision is due within 90 days of the case's scheduled conference date. This deadline is the shortest imposed on any appellate court in the nation.^[1] The court expedites decisions on child custody cases, mental health commitments and other matters in which the parties request accelerated response.

Composition

The 19 judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals are elected to renewable six-year terms.^[2] When a midterm vacancy occurs, the governor appoints a replacement to a term that ends after the general election occurring more than one year after the appointment.^[3] All judges who have served on the court have been appointed by the governor.^[4] The chief judge is selected by the governor from the members of the court to serve a fixed three-year term.^[5]

Eight seats are associated with Minnesota's congressional districts. Judges for those seats must live in the associated district at the time of appointment or initial election. But seated judges remain eligible for those positions even if they later move to another district. Remaining seats are at-large positions that can be filled without regard to residency. The seats associated with congressional districts are redesignated every ten years following reapportionment of the districts. The most recent reapportionment occurred in 2022. The seats on the Court of Appeals were redesignated in January 2023.^[6]

Members sit in three-judge panels in various locations throughout the state to hear oral arguments, all of which are open to the public.^[1]

Members

Seat	Name	District	Appointed by	Joined	Duration	Term end date
7	Susan Segal (Chief)	5th	Tim Walz (DFL)	November 26, 2019	4 years, 11 months	January 2, 2029
6	Renee Worke	1st	Tim Pawlenty (R)	June 9, 2005	19 years, 5 months	January 6, 2025
15	Kevin Ross	3rd	Tim Pawlenty (R)	February 23, 2006	18 years, 8 months	January 4, 2027
19	Francis Connolly	At-large	Tim Pawlenty (R)	January 1, 2008	16 years, 10 months	January 2, 2029
17	Matthew Johnson	At-large	Tim Pawlenty (R)	January 1, 2008	16 years, 10 months	January 2, 2029
11	Michelle Ann Larkin	At-large	Tim Pawlenty (R)	July 14, 2008	16 years, 4 months	January 2, 2029
5	Louise Dovre Bjorkman	At-large	Tim Pawlenty (R)	September 8, 2008	16 years, 2 months	January 2, 2029
16	Peter Reyes	At-large	Mark Dayton (DFL)	April 7, 2014	10 years, 7 months	January 2, 2029
4	Tracy Smith	At-large	Mark Dayton (DFL)	February 3, 2016	8 years, 9 months	January 6, 2025
12	Diane Bratvold	At-large	Mark Dayton (DFL)	March 24, 2016	8 years, 7 months	January 6, 2025
13	Jeanne Cochran	6th	Mark Dayton (DFL)	November 7, 2018	6 years	January 4, 2027
9	Randall Slieter	7th	Mark Dayton (DFL)	December 3, 2018	5 years, 11 months	January 4, 2027
10	Jennifer Frisch	4th	Tim Walz (DFL)	May 4, 2020	4 years, 6 months	January 2, 2029
3	Sarah Wheelock	2nd	Tim Walz (DFL)	December 1, 2021	2 years, 11 months	January 7, 2025
14	Elise L. Larson	8th	Tim Walz (DFL)	July 1, 2022	2 years, 4 months	January 6, 2025
2	Jon Schmidt	At-large	Tim Walz (DFL)	September 5, 2023	1 year, 2 months	January 6, 2025
8	Keala C. Ede	At-large	Tim Walz (DFL)	September 11, 2023	1 year, 2 months	January 7, 2025
18	JaPaul Harris	At-large	Tim Walz (DFL)	March 18, 2024	8 months	January 2, 2026
1	Elizabeth Bentley	At-large	Tim Walz (DFL)	August 1, 2024	3 months	January 2, 2027

Sources: ^[6]^[7]^[8]

Chief judges

Peter Popovich (1983–1987)
D.D. Wozniak (1987–1992)
Paul Anderson (1992–1994)
Anne Simonett (1994–1995)
Edward Toussaint (1995–2010)
Matthew Johnson (2010–2013)
Edward Cleary (2013–2020)
Susan Segal (2020–present)

Former judges

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Court of Appeals" (PDF). Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
^ "Minn. Const. art. VI, sec. 7". Minnesota Constitution. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
^ "Minn. Const. art. VI, sec. 8". Minnesota Constitution. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
^ "Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals". Chronological Listing of Judges and Justices of the Minnesota Appellate Courts. Minnesota State Law Library. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
^ "Minnesota Statutes 2013, section 480A.03, subdivision 1". Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Administrative Order Filed In re Designations of Court of Appeals Judges for Congressional Districts Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 480A.02, Subdivision 5" (PDF). Minnesota Judicial Branch. January 4, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
^ "State Judiciary" (PDF). 2017–2018 Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 371–375. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^ "Court of Appeals Judges". Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

External links

Official website

[pdf-1] "Court of Appeals" (PDF). Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[2] "Minn. Const. art. VI, sec. 7". Minnesota Constitution. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[3] "Minn. Const. art. VI, sec. 8". Minnesota Constitution. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[4] "Judges of the Minnesota Court of Appeals". Chronological Listing of Judges and Justices of the Minnesota Appellate Courts. Minnesota State Law Library. Retrieved February 21, 2014.

[5] "Minnesota Statutes 2013, section 480A.03, subdivision 1". Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[order-6] "Administrative Order Filed In re Designations of Court of Appeals Judges for Congressional Districts Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 480A.02, Subdivision 5" (PDF). Minnesota Judicial Branch. January 4, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[7] "State Judiciary" (PDF). 2017–2018 Minnesota Legislative Manual (Blue Book). Minnesota Secretary of State. pp. 371–375. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

[8] "Court of Appeals Judges". Minnesota Judicial Branch. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

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Minnesota Court of Appeals


44°57′16″N 93°6′1″W / 44.95444°N 93.10028°W / 44.95444; -93.10028
Established	November 1, 1983 (1983-11-01)
Jurisdiction	Minnesota, United States
Location	Saint Paul
Coordinates	44°57′16″N 93°6′1″W / 44.95444°N 93.10028°W / 44.95444; -93.10028
Composition method	Nonpartisan election, appointment by the governor if filling midterm vacancy
Authorized by	Minnesota Constitution
Appeals to	Minnesota Supreme Court
Judge term length	6 years (mandatory retirement at the age of 70)
Number of positions	19
Website	Official website
Chief Judge
Currently	Susan Segal
Since	May 1, 2020
Lead position ends	October 31, 2025
Jurist term ends	January 2, 2029

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