| 25-861 |
Minnesota Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, et al. v. Keith M. Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2026-01-20 |
Pending |
constitutional-rights enforcement-authority federal-court-review first-amendment judicial-precedent state-law |
Minnesota enacted a law prohibiting employers from requiring employees to attend meetings in which the employer discusses its views on political or re… |
| 25-741 |
Keith Allen Kiefer v. Isanti County, Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2025-12-22 |
Pending |
constitutional-claims federal-court first-amendment petition-clause statute-of-limitations supreme-court-review |
To protect the right of access to the courts under the First Amendment's Petition Clause, during the petition stage of this Court seeking review of fe… |
| 25-6365 |
Timothy Robert Provo v. Geoffrey W. Tenney, Individually and as Judge, Tenth Judicial District, Wright County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-12-15 |
Pending |
ada-retaliation due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-recusal parental-rights transcript-access |
1. Recusal and Void Orders
Whether the Due Process Clause and the Supremacy Clause permit a state judge to
continue issuing substantive custody, cont… |
| 24-6754 |
Ryan Christopher Edner v. Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-03-12 |
Denied |
None |
Question not identified. |
| 24-655 |
Viewpoint Neutrality Now!, et al. v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-12-17 |
Denied |
first-amendment free-speech-clause limited-public-forum status-discrimination student-organization viewpoint-neutrality |
Whether the Eighth Circuit's interpretation of Perry Educ. Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'n mischaracterizes status discrimination claims under t… |
| 24A378 |
Viewpoint Neutrality Now!, et al. v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-10-21 |
Presumed Complete |
first-amendment limited-public-forum minority-cultural-centers status-discrimination student-organization viewpoint-discrimination |
Whether the First Amendment permits a public university to use 'status discrimination' to exclude certain student minority cultural centers from a lim… |
| 24-282 |
Minnesota RFL Republican Farmer Labor Caucus, et al. v. Mary Moriarty, in Her Official Capacity as County Attorney for Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-09-12 |
Denied |
article-iii-standing declaratory-relief eleventh-amendment ex-parte-young first-amendment ripeness |
Whether there are additional ripeness or imminence requirements under the Ex parte Young exception to Eleventh Amendment immunity in actions for decla… |
| 24-268 |
Housing First Minnesota v. City of Corcoran, Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2024-09-10 |
Denied |
building-permits koontz-doctrine property-rights takings-clause unconstitutional-conditions user-fees |
Whether valuation-based building permit fees are exempt from unconstitutional conditions analysis under Koontz and constitute 'user fees' not subject … |
| 24-53 |
Nathan Miller, et al. v. Republican Party of Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2024-07-17 |
Denied |
campaign-speech civil-rights compelling-state-interest constitutional-law content-based-restriction content-based-restrictions first-amendment free-speech political-speech |
Whether state statutes broadly banning false campaign speech are unconstitutional content-based restrictions on political speech |
| 23-1299 |
Ade Olumide v. Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2024-06-12 |
Denied |
constitutional-rights due-process mandatory-decertification open-court open-government police-misconduct press-freedom risk-of-harm transparency |
Question not identified. |
| 23A829 |
Joseph Daryll Rued, et al. v. Charlene W. Hatcher, Judge, Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-03-13 |
Presumed Complete |
child-welfare constitutional-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment judicial-review liberty-interest |
Whether due process protections are violated when state child welfare investigations rely on admittedly falsified conclusions to deprive parents of fu… |
| 23-986 |
Joseph Daryll Rued, et al. v. Charlene W. Hatcher, Judge, Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2024-03-12 |
Denied |
access-to-venue association child-welfare children's-welfare civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment natural-parents rooker-feldman unlawful-confinement |
Did the Eighth Circuit err in affirming the District Court's Order and denying Petitioners' petition for rehearing en banc? |
| 23-6144 |
Susanne Aspley v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-12-01 |
Denied |
14th-amendment 42-usc-1983 civil-rights color-of-law covid-pandemic due-process emergency-orders fourteenth-amendment nursing-home-deaths right-to-life section-1983 |
Whether the 14th Amendment right to life was violated by the Minnesota Governor and Health Department Commissioner's actions that resulted in the deat… |
| 23-5610 |
Justin D. Shackelford v. University of Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2023-09-19 |
Denied |
ada administrative-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights discrimination due-process employment federal-employment standing state-agency state-federal-conflict unemployment-law |
Can a state agency make an unemployment determination that contradicts the federal Americans with Disabilities Act? |
| 23-43 |
Christopher M. Hunt, Sr. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Company |
Georgia |
2023-07-14 |
Denied |
civil-rights conflict-of-laws court-preemption due-process federal-jurisdiction foreclosure-dispute judicial-review jurisdiction-conflict preemption state-jurisdiction supersedeas-bond whistleblower-protection |
When there is admitted by courts conflict between the federal courts and state courts on such all-important matters such as jurisdiction, which court … |
| 22-6860 |
Shavelle Oscar Chavez-Nelson v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-02-24 |
Denied |
5th-amendment due-process eminent-domain property-rights regulatory-takings takings-clause |
Whether the lower court erred in its application of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution |
| 22-6583 |
Keith Melillo v. City and County of Rice, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-01-20 |
Denied |
arrest-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law disability-discrimination disability-rights due-process equal-protection false-arrest law-enforcement standing |
Whether the petitioner was denied the right to be free from false arrest and the courts discriminated against the petitioner as a disabled person |
| 22-626 |
Hazem M. Hamdan, et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2023-01-09 |
Denied |
administrative-law civil-rights due-process fiduciary-duty informed-consent medicaid-regulations medical-ethics medicare-medicaid patient-rights |
Are complainants to the Minnesota Board of Dentistry entitled to statutory due-process? |
| 22-438 |
Glow In One Mini Golf, L.L.C., et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-11-10 |
Denied |
5th-amendment constitutional-rights covid-19 covid-19-shutdown emergency-powers equal-protection equal-protection-clause fifth-amendment qualified-immunity takings-clause |
Whether Minnesota's Governor has qualified immunity against Petitioners' Fifth Amendment Takings Clause claims |
| 22-182 |
Flom Disposal, Inc. v. Goodhue County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-29 |
Denied |
antidiscrimination-doctrine competition competition
22-181" competition-doctrine constitutional-claims discrimination dormant-commerce-clause government-defendants incineration inter-circuit-conflict interstate-commerce judicial-review landfill mootness-doctrine voluntary-cessation waste-disposal Whether under the voluntary cessation exception to |
Are disposing of garbage by depositing it in a landfill and disposing of garbage—the same garbage from the same sources—by incinerating it, competitor… |
| 22-166 |
Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-23 |
Judgment Issued |
civil-forfeiture constitutional-law due-process eighth-amendment excessive-fine excessive-fines government-forfeiture property-rights takings-clause tax-debt |
Whether the government's retention of surplus proceeds from the sale of a home to satisfy a tax debt violates the Takings Clause |
| 22-119 |
Christian Action League of Minnesota, et al., v. Mike Freeman, in His Official Capacity as Hennepin County Attorney |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-08-09 |
Denied |
civil-action civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-prosecution due-process enforcement-authority free-speech pre-enforcement-challenge standing |
Whether, if a law authorizes both private and public enforcement, and a credible threat of private enforcement exists, a plaintiff may bring a pre-enf… |
| 21A712 |
Geraldine Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2022-05-11 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 21-834 |
Libertarian Party of Minnesota, et al. v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Secretary of State |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
civil-rights criminal-law criminal-prosecution due-process election-law elections first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech petition-rights political-parties political-party |
Whether a government can threaten criminal prosecution against voters who sign petitions supporting minor political party candidates without notice th… |
| 21-6165 |
Davenell L. Ash v. Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-11-03 |
Denied |
civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process electromagnetic-harassment human-trafficking standing terrorist-watchlist whistleblower whistleblower-retaliation |
Did the United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit deny Ms. Ash of her 14th amendment right of due process |
| 20-7089 |
Kemen Lavatos Taylor, II v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-02-09 |
Denied |
constitutional-scrutiny courtroom-closure courtroom-closures eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals judicial-procedure minnesota-supreme-court public-trial sixth-amendment triviality-exception |
Whether the Sixth Amendment's public trial guarantee contains a triviality exception |
| 20-7028 |
Amos Mast, et al. v. Fillmore County, Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2021-02-03 |
GVR |
compelling-interest government-interest judicial-review least-restrictive-alternative religious-freedom rluipa strict-scrutiny |
When applying strict scrutiny under RLUIPA, can lower courts rely upon an admission that an interest is compelling generally, or must they require the… |
| 20-875 |
Sok Kong, Trustee for Next of Kin of Map Kong, Decedent v. City of Burnsville, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-31 |
Denied |
appellate-review circuit-split district-court genuine-issue-of-material-fact interlocutory-appeal material-fact qualified-immunity standard-of-review summary-judgment |
Whether, on interlocutory review of a denial of qualified-immunity, an appellate court may reject a district court's determination of a genuine-issue-… |
| 20A81 |
Minnesota Voters Alliance, et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-30 |
Presumed Complete |
None |
|
| 20-5846 |
Anthony C. Green v. Kelly Lake, Sheriff, Carlton County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-01 |
Denied |
8th-circuit civil-commitment civil-rights constitutional-standard due-process excessive-force fourteenth-amendment objective-reasonableness qualified-immunity |
Whether the 8th Circuit's decision is contrary to Kingsley |
| 19-1076 |
John L. Corrigan, Jr. v. City of Savage, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-03-02 |
Denied |
1983-claim 42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights custody due-process favorable-termination habeas habeas-corpus heck-doctrine heck-v-humphrey incarceration judicial-precedent section-1983 spencer-v-kemna standing |
Whether the court below erroneously held that the favorable termination rule applies even if an individual is no longer incarcerated, and therefore in… |
| 19-656 |
William Anderson v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-11-21 |
Denied |
circuit-split civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process emergency-responders first-responders hypothermia hypothermia-treatment qualified-immunity state-created-danger |
Whether the burden of persuasion in qualified immunity cases should be on the plaintiff or the defendant |
| 19-580 |
Jun Xiao v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, et al. |
Minnesota |
2019-11-04 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights due-process Fourteenth Amendment equal-protection qualified-immunity civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment fourteenth-amendment property-rights qualified-immunity section-1983 standing takings |
Whether the state district court erred in dismissing Petitioner's 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim for failure to state a… |
| 19-127 |
Anmarie Calgaro v. St. Louis County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
due-process due-process-clause emancipation local-government medical-providers minor-children parental-rights welfare-payments |
Whether parents' Due Process Clause rights apply to local governments and medical providers ending parental rights, responsibilities or duties over th… |
| 18A1353 |
Anmarie Calgaro v. St. Louis County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-06-21 |
Presumed Complete |
constitutional-rights due-process emancipation minor-medical-treatment parental-rights state-actor |
Whether a parent's fundamental constitutional rights are violated when county and medical institutions make emancipation and medical treatment decisio… |
| 18-766 |
Teresa Bierman, et al. v. Tim Walz, Governor of Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-12-17 |
Denied |
exclusive-representation expressive-association first-amendment government-speech heightened-scrutiny individual-rights mandatory-expressive-association mandatory-representation public-employees rational-basis |
Can the government designate an exclusive representative to speak for individuals for any rational basis, or is this mandatory expressive association … |
| 18-6686 |
Grady Pederson v. Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-11-14 |
Denied |
civil-procedure civil-rights double-jeopardy due-process evidence-suppression sex-offender-registry standing statute-of-limitations |
Why was the State of Minnesota allowed to suppress evidence since 11/01/1995? |
| 25A800 |
Timothy Robert Provo v. Geoffrey W. Tenney, Individually and as Judge, Tenth Judicial District, Wright County, Minnesota, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
|
Application |
access-to-courts ada-access disability-accommodation judicial-review jurisdictional-defects procedural-irregularities |
Question not identified. |