6 results for 'judge:"Cochran"'.
J. Cochran affirms the defendant's second-degree murder convictions, finding that officers' use of a "geofence warrant" to obtain information about cellular devices that may have been in the area near where a victim's body was found. Such warrants, which in this case requested anonymized device data from Google on the devices that entered a particular area during a particular time frame, then sought further information from Google for users identified as relevant to the investigation, are not categorically impermissible under either the Minnesota or U.S. Constitutions, and this particular geofence warrant was supported by probable cause and was sufficiently particular to satisfy the requirements of the Fourth Amendment and the privacy provisions of the Minnesota Constitution. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Cochran, Filed On: April 1, 2024, Case #: A22-1579, Categories: Murder, Search, Civil Rights
J. Cochran partially reverses the district court's denial of the customer's motions for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial on her claims against her local pharmacy and its head pharmacist, who refused to fill her prescription for emergency contraception. A refusal to dispense a valid prescription for emergency contraception is business discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, and the district court erred in instructing jurors that the customer needed to show a "material disadvantage" or "tangible change in conditions" to support a public-accommodations discrimination claim. The district court also erred in denying the motion for a new trial on the customer's claim against the pharmacy and aiding-and-abetting claims against the pharmacist for public-accommodations discrimination, but not in denying judgment as a matter of law or a new trial on the customer's business-discrimination claim against the pharmacy. Reversed in part.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Cochran, Filed On: March 18, 2024, Case #: A23-0374, Categories: Civil Rights, Equal Protection
J. Cochran affirms the Board of Water and Soil Resources' denial of administrative appeals of orders requiring the restoration of wetlands the appellants filled with aggregate and soil. State law authorizes local government units to electronically transmit notices of their decisions unless the recipient has provided a mailing address and specified that they prefer mailing. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Cochran, Filed On: March 11, 2024, Case #: A23-0642, Categories: Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environment
J. Cochran affirms the district court's grant of summary judgment to the former police officer in his suit seeking health coverage. While the officer voluntarily ended his coverage for a period, a state law guaranteeing continued health insurance coverage for police officers or firefighters disabled in the line of duty until age 65 unambiguously requires public employers to make that coverage available until that age, regardless of voluntary lapses in coverage. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Cochran, Filed On: February 5, 2024, Case #: A23-0359, Categories: Health Care, Municipal Law
J. Cochran affirms the district court's determination that the insured is not entitled to recover interest from its insurer under a state law governing interest awarded to insureds who prevail on certain claims in court or arbitration proceedings. An appraisal award is not sufficient to demonstrate that an insured prevailed in a claim against an insurer for the purposes of that statute. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Cochran, Filed On: December 18, 2023, Case #: A23-0466, Categories: Insurance, Contract
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J. Cochran finds that the commissioner of education properly ordered a downward adjustment to the amount of state education aid received by the relator after an audit by the department found that the relator overreported the number of students attending its charter school. The commissioner has authority under the statute to audit charter school records and order adjustments in state aid based on the audit results. The commissioner's decision was supported by evidence, including manual attendance records. Affirmed.
Court: Minnesota Court Of Appeals, Judge: Cochran, Filed On: September 25, 2023, Case #: A23-0064, Categories: Education