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Otter Tail County District Court Judge Kevin Miller suggested that whether a statement accuses someone of a crime “naturally turns” on the actual elements of that crime. Minnesota law says otherwise.
When a court brackets out the very fact summary judgment requires it to consider.
How disputed facts became the basis for denying an amendment the rules say should be freely allowed.
How a narrow anti-waiver doctrine became a broad shield against civil discovery.
What a privilege log is supposed to prevent
When a chief judge won’t engage the record
What happens when confidentiality is promised on paper but left unenforced in practice.
A watchdog that won’t look is not a watchdog.
Why Minnesota’s ban on independent judicial fact-gathering cannot survive a “unique circumstances” exception.
How selective quotations and omitted authority turned marital privacy into a supposedly waivable boundary.
A personal account of the fight to protect a private marital communication from compelled disclosure.
When conflicting sworn testimony reached the court—and the court chose not to confront it.
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