2008 Annual Report Court of Appeals Chief Judge Edward Toussaint, Jr. 19 Members, 3-Judge Panels 1995 - present Judge Harriet Lansing Appeals from: 1983 - present Trial court decisions (except first-degree murder convictions) Judge R.A. “Jim” Randall 1984 - 2008 Decisions of Commissioner of Economic Security Judge Thomas Kalitowski Administrative agency decisions (except Tax Court & Workers’ 1987 - present Compensation Court) Judge Roger Klaphake 1989 - present Original Actions: Judge Randolph Peterson Writs of mandamus or prohibition, which order a trial judge or 1990 - present Judge Bruce Willis public official to perform a certain act such as permitting media 1995 - 2008 coverage of a hearing Judge Gordon Shumaker 1998 - present Judge Jill Flaskamp Hallbrooks 1998 - present Judge Terri Stoneburner 2008 Court of Appeals Case Informaon 2000 - present Judge David Minge 2002 - present Cases Filed Disposions Judge Natalie Hudson 2002 - present General Civil 629 660 Judge Wilhelmina Wright Criminal 765 827 2002 - present Judge Christopher Dietzen Administrave Rule 3 2 2004 - 2008 Economic Security 172 230 Judge Renee Worke 2005 - present Writs ‐ Cerori 92 110 Judge Kevin Ross Habeas / Cerfied Quesons 18 31 2006 - present Judge Heidi Schellhas Commitment 52 47 2008 - present Judge Francis Connolly Family 190 228 2008 - present Juvenile Delinquency 36 36 Judge Matthew Johnson 2008 - present Juvenile Protecon 50 59 Judge Michelle Larkin Implied Consent 41 63 2008 - present Judge Larry Stauber, Jr. Discreonary Review / Writs 93 92 2008 - present Judge Louise Bjorkman 2008 - present Total 2,141 2,385 Minnesota Judicial Branch 16 2008 Annual Report Supreme Court 7 members, En Banc panel Appeals from: Court of Appeals decisions Trial court decisions if Supreme Court chooses to bypass the Court of Appeals Tax Court decisions, Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals Original Actions: Review of all first-degree murder convictions Writs of Prohibition, Writs of Habeas Corpus, Writs of Mandamus Legislative election disputes Chief Justice 2008 Supreme Court Case Informaon Eric Magnuson 2008 - present Direct Appeals Associate Justice Cases Filed Disposions Alan Page 1993 - present Workers’ Compensaon 25 21 Associate Justice Civil 12 3 Paul Anderson 1994 - present Tax Court 5 4 Associate Justice Aorney Discipline 58 52 Helen Meyer 2002 - present Writs 5 6 Associate Justice First Degree Homicide 43 40 G. Barry Anderson Total Direct Appeals 148 126 2004 - present Associate Justice Peons for Further Review (PFR) Lorie Gildea Filed 619 2006 - present Denied 527 Associate Justice Christopher Dietzen Granted Further Review 81 2008 - present Other 15 Chief Justice Russell Anderson Disposions (PFR) 1998 - 2006; Affirmed 22 C.J. 2006 - 2008 Mixed 9 Remand / Reverse 28 Other Decision 1 Dismissal 1 Total (PFR) 61 Minnesota Judicial Branch 19.