Litigation

Bid for Vote on MN Chief Justices Rejected

By Peter Hardin

Two Minnesota lawyers have lost a court round in their effort to require that  Minnesota elect its state Supreme Court chief justices.

An Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned aside the pair’s claim that former Gov. Tim Pawlenty skirted the democratic process when he appointed several chief justices, according to a Star Tribune article.

The panel ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to impose the requirement sought by attorneys Gregory Wersal and Jill Clark.

Clark said she and Wersal were looking at whether to seek further legal review or a change instate law.

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 27, 2011 (boomark / email).