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title: Minnesota Appellate Watch
url: https://justice-denied.org/minnesota-appellate-watch/
date: 2026-07-27T22:22:03+00:00
modified: 2026-09-12T13:29:09+00:00
lang: en_US
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Minnesota Appellate Watch

# Tracking opinions that may matter to judicial fairness, due process, and accountability.

This section highlights Minnesota appellate opinions connected to judicial fairness, due process, accountability, and other issues examined by Justice-Denied.

## Court of Appeals Watch

Coverage of precedential, nonprecedential, order, and special-release opinions from the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

[Open Court of Appeals Watch](/minnesota-appellate-watch/minnesota-court-of-appeals-watch/)

## Supreme Court Watch

Minnesota Supreme Court opinions and orders that may affect themes developed across Justice-Denied.

[Open Supreme Court Watch](/minnesota-appellate-watch/minnesota-supreme-court-watch/)

## Topics we follow

Coverage includes connections to Stevenson v. Stevenson, recusal and vacatur, protective orders, judicial fairness, independent investigation, extra-record facts, due process, structural error, forfeiture, summary judgment, credibility findings, sanctions, privacy, defamation, attorney and judicial ethics, and appellate procedure.

## Latest summaries

Court of Appeals · October 26, 2026

### [When Summary Judgment Makes Discovery Disappear: R&P and Stevenson](https://justice-denied.org/summary-judgment-and-discovery-rp-stevenson/)

R&P’s foreclosure reversal restored claims and discovery questions that summary judgment had ended. Stevenson followed the same path to mootness, with the opposite appellate result. The district records show how the assessment of evidence…

[Read summary →](https://justice-denied.org/summary-judgment-and-discovery-rp-stevenson/)

Court of Appeals · September 27, 2026

### [Appellate Watch: A25-1342State v. Merrill](https://justice-denied.org/appellate-watch-a25-1342-state-v-merrill/)

The Court of Appeals found that Judge Miller abused his discretion in awarding restitution without the required express ability-to-pay statement. It reversed and remanded the restitution order while affirming the conviction and sentence.

[Read summary →](https://justice-denied.org/appellate-watch-a25-1342-state-v-merrill/)

Court of Appeals · September 8, 2026

### [Appellate Watch: A25-2106, A26-0532Asiedu v. Eastlund](https://justice-denied.org/appellate-watch-a25-2106-a26-0532-asiedu-v-eastlund/)

The Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal on qualified- and official-immunity grounds and upheld $2,341.25 in attorney-fee sanctions after the self-represented appellant cited cases for incorrect legal propositions or cited nonexistent cases.

[Read summary →](https://justice-denied.org/appellate-watch-a25-2106-a26-0532-asiedu-v-eastlund/)

Court of Appeals · July 31, 2026

### [Appellate Watch: A25-1141State v. Nettestad](https://justice-denied.org/appellate-watch-a25-1141-state-v-nettestad/)

The Court of Appeals found an evidentiary abuse of discretion but deemed it harmless, rejected complete-defense and prosecutorial-misconduct claims, and remanded to correct an included-offense conviction and sentence.

[Read summary →](https://justice-denied.org/appellate-watch-a25-1141-state-v-nettestad/)