STATE OF MINNESOTA
IN SUPREME COURT
SUPREME COURT CALENDAR April 2007
Court convenes at 9:00 a.m. Please note the following time allotments for oral argument: unless otherwise ordered by the Court appellants are limited to 35 minutes and respondents are limited to 25 minutes.
COURT CONVENES AT 9:00 A.M.
Attorneys in all cases scheduled for oral argument must check in with the Marshal in the courtroom no later than 8:40 a.m. Counsel should be present and be prepared to begin whenever their case is called.
Chief Justice Russell A. Anderson Justice Alan C. Page Justice Paul H. Anderson Justice Helen M. Meyer Justice Sam Hanson Justice G. Barry Anderson Justice Lorie S. Gildea En Banc Oral
Case Number Date Location
Irongate Enterprises, Inc. A06-1193 4/3/07 State Capitol Building, v. County of St. Louis Second Floor
Larson, et al. v. Wasemiller, M.D. A05-1698 4/9/07 Judicial Center, A05-1701 Courtroom 300
Mavco, Inc., d/b/a Maverick A05-2018 4/9/07 Judicial Center, Construction v. Eggink, et al. Courtroom 300
Onvoy, Inc. v. ALLETE, Inc., A05-1497 4/4/07 State Capitol Building, f/k/a Minnesota Power, Inc. Second Floor (NOTE: Postponed to May Calendar)
State v. Anderson A05-1167 4/2/07 State Capitol Building, Second Floor
State v. Brown A05-1041 4/2/07 State Capitol Building, Second Floor
State v. Bussmann A05-1782 4/10/07 Judicial Center, Courtroom 300
State v. Evans A06-821 4/11/07 Judicial Center, Courtroom 300
State v. Ganpat A06-1176 4/4/07 State Capitol Building, Second Floor
State v. Krasky A04-2011 4/10/07 Judicial Center, Courtroom 300
State v. Mahkuk A05-1520 4/3/07 State Capitol Building, A06-2087 Second Floor
State v. Reed A06-1033 4/11/07 Judicial Center, Courtroom 300
Nonoral
Fields v. State A06-1770 4/10/07
Powers v. State A06-1941 4/3/07 SUPREME COURT COURTROOM, STATE CAPITOL
Monday, April 2, 2007
En Banc Oral
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent, Minnesota Attorney General Peter Marker Assistant Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Ross E. Arrneson Blue Earth County Attorney 410 South Fifth Street P.O. Box 3129 Mankato, Minnesota 56002 vs. A05-1041
Jermaine Sean Brown, Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender Appellant. Marie Wolf Assistant State Public Defender 2221 University Avenue S.E. – Suite 425 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctapun/0607/opa051041-0725.htm summary of issues ------
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent, Minnesota Attorney General Kelly O’Neill Moller Assistant Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
John J. Muhar Itasca County Attorney Itasca County Courthouse 123 Fourth Street N.E. Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744 vs. A05-1167
William Arthur Anderson, Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender Appellant. G. Tony Atwal Assistant State Public Defender 2221 University Avenue S.E. – Suite 425 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0609/opa051167-0912.htm summary of issues ------SUPREME COURT COURTROOM, STATE CAPITOL
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
En Banc Oral
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent, Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Michael O. Freeman Hennepin County Attorney Thomas A. Weist Assistant County Attorney C-2000 Government Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 55487 vs. A05-1520 and A06-2087
Edison Joseph Mahkuk, Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender Appellant. Steven P. Russett Assistant State Public Defender 2221 University Avenue S.E. – Suite 425 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Order Hennepin County summary of issues
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Irongate Enterprises, Inc., Thomas R. Wilhelmy Relator, Judy S. Engel Fredrickson & Byron, P.A. 200 South Sixth Street – Suite 4000 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 vs. A06-1193
County of St. Louis, Barbara A. Russ Respondent. Assistant St. Louis County Attorney 100 North 5th Avenue West - # 501 Duluth, Minnesota 55802
Tax Court summary of issues ------
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Nonoral
Vernon Neal Powers, petitioner, Vernon Neal Powers – Pro Se Appellant, OID # 161018 MCF – Stillwater 970 Pickett Street North Bayport, Minnesota 55003 vs. A06-1941
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent. Minnesota Attorney General James B. Early Assistant Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Kristen Nelsen Mower County Attorney Mower County Courthouse 201 First Street N.E. Austin, Minnesota 55912
Order Mower County summary of issues ------SUPREME COURT COURTROOM, STATE CAPITOL
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
En Banc Oral
Onvoy, Inc., Eric J. Nystrom Respondent, Christopher H. Yetka Mark H. Zitzewitz Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P 4200 IDS Center NOTE: POSTPONED TO MAY 80 South Eighth Street CALENDAR Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 vs. A05-1497
ALLETE, Inc., f/k/a Minnesota Power, Inc., James A. Wade d/b/a Minnesota Power & Light Company, Roy J. Christensen et al., Johnson, Killen & Seiler, P.A. Appellants. 230 West Superior Street – Suite 800 Duluth, Minnesota 55802
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctapun/0608/opa051497-0808.htm summary of issues ------
State of Minnesota, Respondent, Lori Swanson Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
James C. Backstrom Dakota County Attorney Cheri A. Townsend Assistant Dakota County Attorney Dakota County Judicial Center 1560 Highway 55 Hastings, Minnesota 55033 vs. A06-1176
Jairam Ganpat, Appellant. Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender Jodi L. Carlson Assistant State Public Defender 2221 University Avenue S.E. – Suite 425 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Judgment Dakota County summary of issues ------COURTROOM 300, MINNESOTA JUDICIAL CENTER
Monday, April 9, 2007
En Banc Oral
Mary Larson, et al., Terry L. Wade Appellants, William J. Maddix Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P. 2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-2015 vs. A05-1698 and A05-1701
James Preston Wasemiller, M.D., Louise Dovre Bjorkman Respondents, Mark A. Solheim Larson ● King, LLP 2800 Wells Fargo Place 30 East Seventh Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
M. Daniel Vogel Vogel Law Firm 218 North Pacific Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Fargo, North Dakota 58107
Paul Scot Wasemiller, M.D., et al., Defendants,
St. Francis Medical Center, Robert Mahoney Respondent. Mark W. Hardy Geraghty, O’Loughlin & Kenney Ecolab University Center – Suite 1400 386 North Wabasha Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0607/opa051698-0725.htm summary of issues ------
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En Banc Oral
Mavco, Inc., d/b/a Maverick Construction, Frank J. Rajkowski Appellant, Rajkowski Hansmeier, Ltd. 11 Seventh Avenue North P.O. Box 1433 St. Cloud, Minnesota 56302 vs. A05-2018
Rodney Eggink, et al., Robert Feigh Respondents, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett 1010 West St. Germain – Suite 600 St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
Vermillion State Bank, et al., Defendants,
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Thomas H. Boyd Respondent. John C. Holper Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. 225 South Sixth Street – Suite 3500 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0608/opa052018-0829.htm summary of issues ------COURTROOM 300, MINNESOTA JUDICIAL CENTER
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
En Banc Oral
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent, Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Michael O. Freeman Hennepin County Attorney Thomas A. Weist Assistant County Attorney C-2000 Government Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 55487 vs. A05-1782
John Joseph Bussmann, John G. Westrick Appellant. Kirk M. Anderson Westrick & McDowall-Nix, P.L.L.P. 450 Degree of Honor Building 325 Cedar Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctapun/0609/opa051782-0919.htm summary of issues ------
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Appellant, Minnesota Attorney General Kelly O’Neill Moller Assistant Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Boyd Beccue Kandiyohi County Attorney 415 S.W. Sixth Street Willmar, Minnesota 56201 vs. A04-2011
Edward Richard Krasky, Mary M. McMahon Respondent. McMahon & Associates Criminal Defense, Ltd. 2499 Rice Street – Suite 140 Roseville, Minnesota 55113-3724
Opinion Court of Appeals http://www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/ctappub/0610/opa042011-1003.htm summary of issues ------(Tuesday April 10, 2007 continued on next page) (Tuesday April 10, 2007 continued)
Nonoral
Victor Fields, petitioner, Victor Fields – Pro Se Appellant, OID # 194413 MCF – Stillwater 970 Pickett Street North Bayport, Minnesota 55003 vs. A06-1770
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent. Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Michael O. Freeman Hennepin County Attorney Donna J. Wolfson Assistant County Attorney C-2000 Government Center Minneapolis, Minnesota 55487
Order Hennepin County summary of issues ------COURTROOM 300, MINNESOTA JUDICIAL CENTER
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
En Banc Oral
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent, Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Susan Gaertner Ramsey County Attorney Jeanne L. Schleh Assistant Ramsey County Attorney 50 West Kellogg Boulevard – Suite 315 St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 vs. A06-1033
Ronald Lindsey Reed, Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender Appellant. Melissa Sheridan Assistant State Public Defender 2221 University Avenue S.E. – Suite 425 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Judgment Ramsey County summary of issues ------
State of Minnesota, Lori Swanson Respondent, Minnesota Attorney General 445 Minnesota Street – Suite 1800 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2134
Susan Gaertner Ramsey County Attorney Mitchell L. Rothman Assistant Ramsey County Attorney 50 West Kellogg Boulevard – Suite 315 St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 vs. A06-821
Harry J. Evans, Office of the Minnesota State Public Defender Appellant. Lydia Villalva Lijo Assistant State Public Defender 2221 University Avenue S.E. – Suite 425 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Judgment Ramsey County summary of issues ------