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Obligation to "Cite-Check … the Cases Cited by the Other Side" and Report Errors to Court

From Nuvola, LLC v. Wright, decided Nov. 21 by Hennepin County (Minn.) Judge Laurie Miller: For the reasons the Court has… The post Obligation to "Cite-Check … the Cases Cited by the Other Side" and Report Errors to Court appeared first on Reason.com.

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Trump administration cut funding to shooting prevention programs in Minnesota weeks before school shooting

In Minnesota, $800,000 in federal grants to local agencies, including the state Department of Public Safety and Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, were cut last month, undermining efforts to prevent mass violence

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Brickbat: True Colors

County Attorney Mary Moriarty of Hennepin County, Minnesota now requires prosecutors to consider a defendant's race when offering plea deals.… The post Brickbat: True Colors appeared first on Reason.com.

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Choice of Law in Takings Cases After Tyler v. Hennepin County (V)

A reader mailbag.

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Choice of Law in Takings Cases After Tyler v. Hennepin County (IV)

Two modest defenses of Tyler’s choice of law strategy.

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Choice of Law in Takings Cases After Tyler v. Hennepin County (III)

The Court’s departures from standard choice of law principles (or, takings doctrine for federal courts gurus).

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Choice of Law in Takings Cases After Tyler v. Hennepin County (II)

The Court's approach to the choice of law question (or, federal courts doctrine for property lawyers).

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Choice of Law in Takings Cases After Tyler v. Hennepin County

The Tyler case and the choice of law questions it raises.

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Minnesota poll worker fired after leaving thousands of ballots unattended in open car trunk

Hennepin County officials say there was ‘no evidence of tampering’ even as ‘lapse in protocol occurred’

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Election Worker Fired For Leaving Ballots Unattended In Minneapolis

Minneapolis election worker fired for leaving mail-in ballots unattended; no evidence of tampering. Hennepin County officials emphasize the security of mai...

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Court approves police reform deal between Minneapolis, human rights officials

MINNEAPOLIS — A Hennepin County judge on Thursday signed a court order approving a settlement agreement between Minneapolis and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, setting in motion a sweeping slate of police reforms the city is legally required to implement.

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The Source of Law in Tyler v. Hennepin County

a sub silentio invocation of the general law and positive law approaches

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My New Brennan Center Article on Tyler v. Hennepin County and the Cross-Ideological Case for Stronger Judicial Protection for Constitutional Property Rights

The Tyler home equity theft case is just the tip of a much larger iceberg of property rights issues where stronger judicial protection can protect the interests of the poor and minorities, as well as promote the federalist values of localism and diversity.

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US Supreme Court: Woman entitled to profit from condo seized, sold by Minneapolis' Hennepin County

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously in favor of a 94-year-old woman who argued that she was entitled to some of the profits from the sale of a condominium for which she owed taxes and penalties — a decision likely to result in changes to state's property forfeiture…

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Major Unanimous Supreme Court Victory for Property Rights in Tyler v. Hennepin County

The Supreme Court ruled that home equity theft qualifies as a taking, and that state law is not the sole source for the definition of property rights. The ruling is imprecise on some points, but still sets an important and valuable precedent.

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Supreme Court Hears Property Tax Home Equity Dispute

Can a state pocket your surplus home equity while collecting past-due property tax?

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Unusual Cross-Ideological Agreement in Tyler v. Hennepin County

Takings cases often divide opinion along left-right ideological lines. The home equity theft case argued before the Supreme Court today is a rare exception.

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Minnesota Court of Appeals rejects Derek Chauvin's request for new trial in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's appeal for a new trial outside Hennepin County.

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Video of My Federalist Society "Seat at the Sitting" Talk on Tyler v. Hennepin County

My presentation covers an important takings case currently before the Supreme Court.

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Lead Derek Chauvin prosecutor appointed to be state judge

One of the state’s lead prosecutors who helped convict Derek Chauvin of murder in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd has been appointed as a judge in Hennepin County

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Supreme Court to weigh legality of government keeping revenue from seized properties

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of a Minneapolis woman in her 90s whose condo was seized by Hennepin County because she didn't pay her property taxes.

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Supreme Court Decides to Hear Case Challenging State Law Empowering Government to Seize Entire Value of a House to Pay Much Smaller Property Tax Debt

Minnesota law allowed Hennepin County to seize a $40,000 home owned by a 93-year-old widow to pay off a $15,000 tax debt.

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Want takeout but don’t like containers? Here’s an answer

MINNEAPOLIS — Forever Ware's pitch to Namaste Cafe was simple: Use our reusable containers for your customers and cut down on disposable containers going to landfills.

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Litany of motions heard ahead of ex-Minneapolis officers' trial this month for George Floyd's killing

MINNEAPOLIS — A litany of 170 motions were argued in Hennepin County District court ahead of the joint trial of two ex-Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing, and who are already serving federal sentences for violating Floyd's civil rights.

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