On Thurday, April 23, 2009, SaveWCAL attorney Michael McNabb filed SaveWCAL's appeal brief with the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Copies were hand-delivered to the attorneys for St. Olaf College at Gray Plant Mooty, Minnesota Public Radio at Faegre & Benson and the Minnesota Attorney General's office.
The appeal brief consists of:
- SaveWCAL Appeal Brief [PDF, 46 pages - double spaced. 3.4 MB]
- SaveWCAL Appeal Addendum of Statutes [PDF, 22 pages, 1.4 MB]
- SaveWCAL Appeal Appendix, Part 1 [PDF, 23 pages, 1.7 MB]
- SaveWCAL Appeal Appendix, Part 2 [PDF, 22 pages, 1.4 MB]
- SaveWCAL Appeal Appendix, Part 3 [PDF, 23 pages, 1.6 MB]
- SaveWCAL Appeal Appendix, Part 4 [PDF, 13 pages, 1.3 MB]
St. Olaf College and Minnesota Public Radio now have 30 days to file response briefs. The Minnesota Attorney General's office may also file a brief.
Three appeals court judges will be selected to hear the case and a date will be set for oral presentations — which will be very different from the type of presentations made in district court..
To learn more about how the appeals court works, what happens during oral arguments and how the judges go about making their decisions, you can download the Minnesota Court of Appeals Guide to Oral Arguments.
The most recent Court of Appeals Calendar can be downloaded from the Court's web site.
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Holy moly. I was reading the brief and I realized that I had completely forgotten that the Swanson AG office stated in no uncertain terms that WCAL was absolutely its own (or part of) a charitable trust. (Not that the AG's office was going to enforce the law and draw the ire of Bill Kling and MPR news!) I am so befuddled by the District Court judge's thinking…
I want my – -
I want my WCAL