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NEWS ABOUT: Minnesota Supreme Court

Minnesota Supreme Court stories: 15 news summaries

 Bong Water Is a Drug: Court 

Minnesota Supreme Court overturns ruling that said drug water was paraphernalia

Oct 23, 09 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Supreme Court has declared bong water an illegal drug. The decision overturns a lower court ruling that held bong water was paraphernalia. The decision means lazy users who leave water in their bongs could be hit with a first-degree drug possession charge—even if they have no other... More »

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(Newser) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of Democrat Al Franken in the Senate election battle there, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The court decided that Republican Norm Coleman’s challenge of a lower court’s ruling did not merit reconsideration, the Pioneer Press adds. Though Coleman may... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Al Franken • Election 2008 • Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota recount • court ruling

Unanimous Ruling Against Coleman Likely

The end may finally
be near in Minnesota Senate race

Jun 5, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Senate contest seems poised to end at long last, the Minnesota Independent reports. Election-law experts are sure that the Minnesota Supreme Court will shoot down Norm Coleman’s appeal, and it will probably be unanimous in doing so. “What he’s asked the Supreme Court to do... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • disputed election • Minnesota Supreme Court

Senate Recount Case Goes
to Minn. High Court Today 

But decision could take months

Jun 1, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota’s Supreme Court will hear arguments today in the Senate seat dispute between Al Franken and Norm Coleman, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. If the court goes Franken’s way, he could be seated in Washington; if the five justices find for Coleman, “recounting-type” hurdles will remain before... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Minnesota Supreme Court

 Coleman-Franken Fight 
 Heads to Minn.'s Top Court 

Ex-lawyer Coleman working case; Franken acting like senator

May 31, 09 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman and Al Franken take their protracted election battle to Minnesota's Supreme Court tomorrow, reports the Hill, in what could be its final stage. Lawyers on both sides have spent some 6 weeks readying their arguments—including Coleman, himself a lawyer. Franken, meanwhile, holding to a slim ballot... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Election 2008 • Minnesota Supreme Court

(Newser) - Norm Coleman and Al Franken are tussling over $94,000 in legal fees as they head to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Talking Points Memo reports. A county clerk ruled this week that Coleman, after losing a court ruling in the Senate race, owed Franken the money under a loser-pays election... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • Minnesota Supreme Court

Coleman Wants More Time to Craft Appeal

Republican pushes for mid-May appearance in Minn.'s high court

Apr 22, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers for Republican Norm Coleman want more time to prepare arguments for their appeal to Minnesota’s top court in the fight over last November's election, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The attorneys’ timeline, presented today, would put off oral arguments until mid-May; attorneys for Democrat Al Franken, declared the... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • US Senate • Minnesota Supreme Court

Analysis

How Much Is Senate Fight Worth to Coleman?

Numbers don't add up in improbable challenge: Silver

Apr 14, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman’s chances of victory are so thin they’ve entered “Calista Flockhart territory,” yet he shows no sign of winding down his expensive legal battle, writes Nate Silver, the stat guru behind FiveThirtyEight.com. Just how expensive? Silver estimates that Coleman’s spending about $20,740... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Nate Silver • Minnesota Supreme Court

Coleman Willing to Continue Minn. Election Battle

Former senator 'not ruling out' state, federal appeals

Mar 24, 09 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norm Coleman is leaving himself the option of taking the case of Minnesota’s disputed Senate election all the way to the US Supreme Court, Politico reports. The Republican is not “at this point” expecting to go that far—after all, that’d be after the Minnesota Supreme Court... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • disputed election • Minnesota Supreme Court • absentee ballots

(Newser) - The Minnesota recount trial is finally out of the lawyers’ hands, with both sides claiming certain victory, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Now the judges will weigh evidence provided by Norm Coleman’s and Al Franken’s teams and decide exactly which votes to count. “It’s more likely... More »

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Senate • trial • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • Minnesota Supreme Court • election challenge • absentee ballots

(AP) - The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected Democrat Al Franken's petition for an election certificate that would put him in the US Senate without waiting for a lawsuit to be resolved. Franken is ahead of Republican Norm Coleman by 225 votes. Coleman's ongoing lawsuit argues some uncounted absentee ballots were wrongly... More »

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Congress • Senate • trial • lawsuit • Norm Coleman • Tim Pawlenty • Al Franken • recount • Mark Ritchie • Minnesota Supreme Court • election certificate

(Newser) - Norm Coleman expects a decision on the US Senate race in Minnesota within weeks, and hopes “they’ll do the right thing,” but has not decided whether to challenge a decision, Politico reports. “I’m not ruling it in or ruling it out,” he said. Coleman... More »

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 Coleman 
 Now Seeks 
 Total Recount 

Wants absentee ballots reconsidered

Jan 20, 09 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman is abruptly reversing strategy in his court action challenging the results of the US Senate race he narrowly lost to Al Franken, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Coleman now wants all 12,000 absentee ballots rejected during the recount to be reconsidered—the same ballots... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • US Senate • Minnesota Supreme Court • absentee ballots

Craig Won't Appeal to Minn. High Court in Sex Sting

Lawyers say state's top court would likely pass on reviewing former senator's case

Jan 8, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The deadline for appealing his case to the Minnesota Supreme Court passes today, and Larry Craig will not seek a review, Fox affiliate KMSP-TV reports. The former Idaho senator was arrested last year in a Minneapolis airport sex sting, and sought to void his conviction. An appeals court ruled against... More »

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appeal • Minnesota • Larry Craig • Minneapolis airport • Minnesota Supreme Court • sex sting

Franken Wins Key Ruling; Coleman Sees Court Fight

Election may result  in court battle

Dec 24, 08 10:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Norm Coleman lost a key court battle today in the endless Minnesota recount, Politico reports. The decision virtually ensures that his race with Al Franken will be contested in the courts after the Senate convenes Jan. 6. Coleman sought to have a state panel hold off certifying the final vote... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • recount • US Senate • Canvassing Board • Minnesota Supreme Court

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