The State will be losing a thorough, insightful, and dedicated jurist as Associate Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Helen Meyer has announced her retirement. Undoubtedly the jockeying for her replacement has quietly begun.
And in unrelated news of this past week, the cap for conciliation court, Minnesota’s “small claims court,” will go from $7,500 to $10,000 on August 1, 2012 (and then from $10,000 to $15,000 on 8/1/14) (with a carve-out and lower amount for “consumer credit” cases).