Governor Pawlenty appoints Lori Skjerven Gildea as Chief Judge, appoints University of Minnesota law professor David Stras to fill the seat vacated by Eric Magnuson. (Who is David Stras?)
Also, the Court issued several opinions, including Dykes Farms v. Sukup Manufacturing, a case about the scope of settlement agreements, covered previously in Minnesota Litigator here (with a prediction of atypical certainty, which was not entirely validated).