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Photographs personal residences of lawyers and judges in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic Federal Courthouses in Minnesota.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota - Part One.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Two.
Photographs of Historic County Courthouses in Minnesota: Part Three.
Photographs of the St. Paul City Hall-Ramsey County Courthouse. (1932).

























































































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United States ex rel. Aaron Goodrich v. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury, 58 U. S. 284 (1855).

Aaron Goodrich was the first Chief Justice of the Territory of Minnesota. Nominated by President Taylor on March 19, 1849, he was confirmed by the Senate and took his oath of office at St. Croix on May 22, 1849. His term was four years. Because of complaints about his behavior, President Fillmor...

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Citations to cases in which G. Aaron Youngquist appeared before the U. S. Supreme Court, 1925-1933.

This article is comprised of Westlaw citations to cases in which G. Aaron Youngquist appeared before the United States Supreme Court between 1925 and 1933. It is a companion to and supplements G. Aaron Youngquist's "Autobiography," which is posted separately on the Minnesota Legal History Project ...

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Douglas A. Hedin: "Holcombe vs. McKusick and the U. S. Supreme Court's Reaction to the Codification Movement of the 1850s."

On May 18, 1858, the United States Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Nelson, dismissed Holcombe vs. McKusick, an appeal from the Supreme Court of Minnesota Territory, because it lacked jurisdiction. The opinion is noteworthy because Nelson concluded with a tirade against the "complicate...

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G. Aaron Youngquist: "Autobiography" (1959).

In 1959, the last year of his life, Gustav Aaron Youngquist wrote his autobiography. It is a sprawling story -- from mishaps on the boat trip from Sweden to America when he was three years old to an argument in an odd tax appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court later in life. In a Foreword, his gran...

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