Opinions Archive

A person commits first-degree criminal sexual conduct under Minnesota Statutes section 609.342, subdivision 1(d) (2024), if the person engages in nonconsensual sexual penetration and “uses force”—i.e., inflicts bodily harm—before or during that act. Affirmed.

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS July 8, 2025 In re the Marriage of: Teresa Marie Nordahl, petitioner, Respondent, vs. Steven Edward Nordahl, Appellant. ...

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS July 8, 2025 John Donahue, Appellant, vs. Robert Donahue, et al., Respondents. SPECIAL TERM ORDER 1 A25-0977 Considered ...

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS July 8, 2025 In re Matthew David Guertin, Petitioner, State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Matthew David Guertin, Petitioner. ...

STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS July 8, 2025 Pioneer Bank, Respondent, vs. Ward E Jackson, Appellant, Robert Kelley d/b/a Kelly Heating and Air, et ...

A plaintiff may not overcome a court-appointed receiver’s quasi-judicial immunity based merely on the receiver’s having improper motives in the exercise of his duties when his acts were within the scope of his authority. Reversed.

1. When deciding a motion to compel arbitration under Minnesota Statutes section 572B.07(a) (2024), the district court must decide, as a threshold matter, whether there is “a grievance arising under a collective bargaining agreement” within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes section 572B.06(b) (2024), and, if so, order the parties to arbitrate “whether an agreement to arbitrate exists or [the] controversy is subject to an agreement to arbitrate.” 2. A “grievance arising under a collective bargaining agreement,” as that phrase is used in Minnesota Statutes section 572B.06(b), means an allegation of a violation of a collective bargaining agreement that a party seeks to resolve by invoking a procedure in the collective bargaining agreement. Reversed and remanded.

Relator challenges the decision of an unemployment-law judge (ULJ) finding him ineligible for unemployment benefits because he did not quit his employment for a good reason. We affirm.

Relator Mindak Commercial Construction LLC challenges a citation it received for violating regulations requiring employees to use fall protection at a construction site. An administrative-law judge (ALJ) upheld the citation, and the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Review Board (the board) affirmed the ALJ’s decision.

Appellant challenges his fifth-degree assault conviction, arguing that the testimony of two law-enforcement officers deprived him of his right to a fair trial. We affirm.