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Courts of Minnesota refers to the judicial system of the U.S. state of Minnesota, which has several levels, including two appellate-level courts — the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals — and various lower courts. Supreme Court Chamber of the Minnesota Supreme Court in the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul.
The court system was rearranged when Minnesota became a state in 1858. Appeals from Minnesota District Courts went directly to the Minnesota Supreme Court until the Minnesota Court of Appeals, an intermediate appellate court, was created in 1983 to handle most of those cases. The court now considers about 900 appeals per year and accepts review ...
It is common to refer to the "district courts" in the plural, as if each court in each judicial district is a separate court; this is the usage found in Chapter 484 of the Minnesota Statutes, which governs the jurisdiction, powers, procedure, organization, and operations of the district court. [6] However, the Minnesota Constitution only refers ...
The Minnesota Judicial Center, adjacent to the State Capitol, houses the state's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, as well as the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals and the state law library. Its address is 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., Saint Paul , Minnesota , United States.
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 ...
This is a list of county courthouses in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Each county in Minnesota has a city that is the county seat where the county government resides, including a county courthouse. Federal courthouses in Minnesota are listed here.
The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (in case citations, D. Minn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Minnesota. Its two primary courthouses are in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Cases are also heard in the federal courthouses in Duluth and Fergus Falls.
In theory, state supreme courts are bound by the precedent established by the U.S. Supreme Court as to all issues of federal law, but in practice, the Supreme Court reviews very few decisions from state courts. For example, in 2007 the Court reviewed 244 cases appealed from federal courts and only 22 from state courts.