Significant Cases

The attorneys of Carlson & Associates have argued numerous State and Federal Court appeals. Below is a sampling of the more significant rulings.

Land Use

  • Slama v. Pine County, 2008 Minn. App. Unpub. LEXIS 501 (Minn. App. May 6, 2008)
  • Winkelman v. County of Stearns, 2007 WL 1126077 (Minn. App. April 17, 2007)
  • Peysenske Lake Ass’n v. Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, 2007 WL 92817 (Minn. App. January 16, 2007)
  • Winkelman v. Stearns County Planning Com’n, 2006 WL 2474564 (Minn. App. August 29, 2006)
  • Edling v. Isanti County, 2006 WL 1806397 (Minn. App. July 3, 2006)
  • Borresch v. Stearns County ex rel. its Planning Com’n, 2006 WL 1320480 (Minn. App. May 16, 2006)
  • Carlson v. County of Aitkin, 2004 WL 1925507 (Minn. App. August 13, 2004)
  • Paper v. Trotter, 2001 WL 345464 (Minn. App. April 10, 2001)
  • Jennen v. County of Aitkin, 2003 WL 21152491 (Minn. App. May 20, 2003)

Employment/Labor Law

  • Wheece v. Great River Regional Library, 2007 WL 2178041 (Minn. App. July 31, 2007)
  • Parker v. Lakes and Pines Community Action Council, Inc., 2006 WL 330116 (Minn. App. February 14, 2006)
  • Armstrong v. County of Sherburne, 2000 WL 1809075 (Minn. App. December 12, 2000)
  • Herrmann v. Carver Soil and Water Conservation Dist., 1997 WL 132976 (Minn. App. March 25, 1997)

Road Design/Maintenance

  • Olmanson v. Le Sueur County, 693 N.W.2d 876 (Minn. 2005)
  • Benson v. Itasca County, 2003 WL 21007152 (Minn. App. May 6, 2003)
  • Zaske ex rel. Bratsch v. Lee, 651 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. App. 2002)
  • Riedel v. Goodwin, 574 N.W.2d 753 (Minn. App. 1998)

Data Practices

  • In re Determination of Responsible Authority for South Washington County School Dist. 833, 620 N.W.2d 45 (Minn. App. 2000)
  • S.J.S. by L.S. v. Faribault County, 556 N.W.2d 563 (Minn. App. 1996)

Civil Rights

  • Parker v. Canham, 2003 WL 22902971 (8th Cir. 2003)
  • Steele v. City of Bemidji, 257 F.3d 902 (8th Cir. 2001)
  • Tiessen v. County of Pine, MN, 2001 WL 873006 (8th Cir. 2001)

Other Cases

  • In re Traverse County Attorney Salary and Budget for 2003, 2004 WL 949858 (Minn. App. May 04, 2004)
  • Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. City of Cokato, 603 N.W.2d 665 (Minn. App. 1999)
  • Washington County Sheriff v. JBI & Associates, Inc., 592 N.W.2d 139 (Minn. App. 1999)