The Terri Schiavo case was a series of court and legislative actions in the United States from 1998 to 2005,regarding the care of Theresa Marie Schiavo,a woman in an irreversible persistent vegetative state. Schiavo's husband and legal guardian argued that Schiavo would not have wanted prolonged artificial life support without the prospect of recovery,and,in 1998,he elected to remove her feeding tube. Schiavo's parents disputed her husband's assertions and challenged Schiavo's medical diagnosis,arguing in favor of continuing artificial nutrition and hydration. The highly publicized and prolonged series of legal challenges presented by her parents,which ultimately involved state and federal politicians up to the level of George W. Bush,the then U.S. president,caused a seven-year delay before Schiavo's feeding tube was ultimately removed.
Paul Holden Anderson is an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1992 to 1994.
Grant Barry Anderson is a former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He previously served as a member of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It began operating on November 1,1983.
John E. Simonett was an attorney and associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was famous for his wit and thoughtfulness,characteristics reflected both in his judicial opinions,and in his writings and speeches. In 2007,he was named one of the 100 most influential attorneys in Minnesota history. Of his six daughters and sons,two became judges,one serving as the fourth Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 1994 to 1995.
Christopher Dietzen was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2008 to 2016 and a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2004 to 2008.
Michelle Larkin is an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota serving as a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Scott J. Newman is an American attorney and former Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. He represented Senate District 18,which includes portions of McLeod,Meeker,Sibley and Wright counties just west of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. He is also a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for attorney general in the 2014 election.
Margaret Helen Chutich is an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2016 to 2024. She was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton. She previously served as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be state district court judge,appellate court judge and state supreme court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
Natalie E. Hudson is an American attorney serving since 2023 as the chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. From 2015 to 2023 she served as associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Britt Cagle Grant is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Nancy Ellen Brasel is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Erica Hinkle MacDonald is an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota from 2018 to 2021. She served as a judge of the District Court for the First Judicial District of the State of Minnesota from 2010 to 2018;as an Assistant United States Attorney from 2000 to 2009;a litigation associate in 2000;and a federal judicial law clerk from 1997 to 1999.
Gordon L. Moore III is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was a judge of the Minnesota Fifth District Court in Nobles County from 2012 to 2020.
Susan Segal is an American lawyer from Minnesota serving as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. She previously served as the city attorney of Minneapolis.
Lori Sue Kornblum is an American lawyer and judge who served as a judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals for the Waukesha-based District II in 2022. She was appointed in 2021 by Governor Tony Evers.
Theodora Gaïtas is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since 2024. She served as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals from 2020 to 2024.
Harriet Lansing is an American lawyer,feminist,and a former judge on the Ramsey County Municipal Court (1978–83) and the Minnesota Court of Appeals (1983–2011).
