Editorial Standards and Usage Guide

Accuracy:

We strive to be honest and accurate in our statements and we continually update this site with new information and more citations to the record.

We also try to be minimalist in our conclusions. Although we certainly have our own opinions, in many instances we have chosen to input the original data, from actual court documents, into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and let it provide a fair and balanced analysis.

Artificial Intelligence:

This website uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) extensively to deliver fair, neutral, and objective analysis.

AI reviews of judicial orders and decisions aim to align with prevailing law and assess whether all parties were treated fairly and impartially, consistent with the Minnesota Code of Judicial Conduct.

AI-generated content or background information is clearly marked with a green border.

Our current AI analyses are powered by ChatGPT from OpenAI.

Citations:

Citations to public court documents are denoted by the document number and the location.  For example:  (Doc. 429, at 22-25.)

Unless otherwise noted, these document numbers correspond to the index number on the Minnesota Court Records Online (MCRO) website for case number 56-CV-20-2928. Most of these documents are freely available to the general public.

Citations to confidential court documents are denoted by using red text.  For example: (Doc. 316.) These documents are not available to the general public.

Case law citations are denoted by italicized text. For example: Complaint Concerning Winton, 350 N.W.2d 337, 340 (Minn. 1984)

Hyperlinks:

Blue text is used to denote a hyperlink, which takes you to another website or to a different page or location on this website when clicked.

The text [AI Analysis] is used to denote a link to a page on this website that contains a detailed Artificial Intelligence (AI) Analysis of our own experience surrounding a particular issue.

Quotations:

Quotations by legal authorities and famous persons are denoted by a text box with a gold background.

Quotations from public court documents, Minnesota Statutes, Secondary Legal Authorities, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) queries are denoted by blockquoted text consisting of a blue vertical bar. For example:

(“[I]mpartiality is the very foundation of the American judicial system.”). “To maintain public trust and confidence in the judiciary, judges should avoid the appearance of impropriety and should act to assure that parties have no reason to think their case is not being fairly judged.”

State v. Henry, No. A06-671, 2007 WL 1470179, at *4 (Minn. Ct. App. May 22, 2007)

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