Courts

The Minnesota Supreme Court has censured and suspended a Goodhue County judge for six months without pay for steering business to his divorce attorney, who gave him a deep discount.
Abercrombie loses appeal in discrimination case
A psychologist hired by Abercrombie and Fitch described the store's refusal to allow a teenage girl with autism to bring a family member into a fitting room as "a desirable outcome of active community involvement," in a court hearing in the case this year.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld a Ramsey County judge's decision that required visitors to identify themselves to deputy sheriffs before being allowed into the courtroom.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld a Rice County judge's decision to appoint a private attorney for a parent in a child protection case and have the county pay for it.
The Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether the owner of a limited liability company can personally sue another business for discriminating against her.
A patient at a Minnesota nursing home who fell and later died was neglected by two health care workers there, according to a report from state health officials in what appears to be an investigation into the death of a chaplain who had been injured in Iraq.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has tapped Minnesota's U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones for a powerful position within the Department of Justice.
Minnesotans who are called to serve as jurors in district courts around the state can now complete a required pre-trial questionnaire online.
Crime investigators faulted the New York state Health Department on Wednesday for blocking efforts to use a sophisticated DNA technique to try to solve the 1985 slaying of a Minnesota college student in central New York.