2008 Annual Report

Court of Appeals
Chief Judge Edward Toussaint, Jr. 19 Members, 3-Judge Panels
1995 - present
Judge Harriet Lansing Appeals from:
1983 - present
Trial court decisions (except first-degree murder convictions)
Judge R.A. “Jim” Randall
1984 - 2008 Decisions of Commissioner of Economic Security
Judge Thomas Kalitowski Administrative agency decisions (except Tax Court & Workers’
1987 - present Compensation Court)
Judge Roger Klaphake
1989 - present
Original Actions:
Judge Randolph Peterson
1990 - present
Writs of mandamus or prohibition, which order a trial judge or
Judge Bruce Willis public official to perform a certain act such as permitting media
1995 - 2008 coverage of a hearing
Judge Gordon Shumaker
1998 - present
Judge Jill Flaskamp Hallbrooks
1998 - present
Judge Terri Stoneburner 2008
Court
of
Appeals
Case
Informa9on

2000 - present
Judge David Minge
2002 - present
Cases
Filed DisposiKons
Judge Natalie Hudson
2002 - present General
Civil 629 660
Judge Wilhelmina Wright Criminal 765 827
2002 - present
Judge Christopher Dietzen AdministraKve
Rule 3 2
2004 - 2008
Economic
Security 172 230
Judge Renee Worke
2005 - present Writs
‐
CerKori 92 110
Judge Kevin Ross
Habeas
/
CerKfied
QuesKons 18 31
2006 - present
Judge Heidi Schellhas Commitment 52 47
2008 - present
Judge Francis Connolly
Family 190 228
2008 - present
Juvenile
Delinquency 36 36
Judge Matthew Johnson
2008 - present Juvenile
ProtecKon 50 59
Judge Michelle Larkin
Implied
Consent 41 63
2008 - present
Judge Larry Stauber, Jr.
DiscreKonary
Review
/
Writs 93 92
2008 - present
Judge Louise Bjorkman
2008 - present Total 2,141 2,385

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2008 Annual Report

Supreme Court
7 members, En Banc panel

Appeals from:
Court of Appeals decisions
Trial court decisions if Supreme Court chooses to bypass the Court of Appeals
Tax Court decisions, Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals

Original Actions:
Review of all first-degree murder convictions
Writs of Prohibition, Writs of Habeas Corpus, Writs of Mandamus
Legislative election disputes

Chief Justice 2008
Supreme
Court
Case
Informa9on


Eric Magnuson
2008 - present Direct
Appeals
Associate Justice
Cases
Filed DisposiKons
Alan Page
1993 - present Workers’
CompensaKon 25 21
Associate Justice








 Civil 12 3
Paul Anderson
1994 - present Tax
Court 5 4
Associate Justice APorney
Discipline 58 52
Helen Meyer
Writs 5 6
2002 - present
Associate Justice First
Degree
Homicide 43 40
G. Barry Anderson
Total
Direct
Appeals 148 126
2004 - present
Associate Justice Pe99ons
for
Further
Review
(PFR)
Lorie Gildea Filed 619
2006 - present
Denied 527
Associate Justice
Christopher Dietzen Granted
Further
Review 81
2008 - present
Other 15
Chief Justice
Russell Anderson Disposi9ons
(PFR)
1998 - 2006; Affirmed 22
C.J. 2006 - 2008
Mixed 9

Remand
/
Reverse 28

Other
Decision 1

Dismissal 1

Total

(PFR) 61

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