Judge Retired

Bruce D. Willis

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Appointed January 1, 1995

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Judicial record

126 opinions where Bruce D. Willis sat on the panel, spanning 1995–2016.

19 Majority authored
107 Joined majority

By court

  • Minn. Ct. App. 126

By disposition

  • Affirmed 45
  • Denied 27
  • Granted 23
  • Reversed 11
  • Dismissed 9
  • Vacated 4
  • Mixed 4
  • Modified 3

Panel votes per year

How Bruce D. Willis's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Doris Ohlsen Huspeni for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 6 12 18 24 30 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2016 1995: 3 votes — Bruce D. Willis 1996: 12 votes — Bruce D. Willis 1997: 5 votes — Bruce D. Willis 1998: 3 votes — Bruce D. Willis 1999: 6 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2000: 4 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2001: 4 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2002: 5 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2003: 6 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2004: 1 vote — Bruce D. Willis 2005: 5 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2006: 6 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2007: 8 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2009: 1 vote — Bruce D. Willis 2011: 1 vote — Bruce D. Willis 2014: 29 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2015: 26 votes — Bruce D. Willis 2016: 1 vote — Bruce D. Willis 1984: 20 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1985: 24 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1986: 25 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1987: 23 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1988: 13 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1989: 13 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1990: 13 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1991: 14 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1992: 4 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1993: 15 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1994: 9 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1995: 17 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1996: 11 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1997: 7 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1998: 3 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1999: 1 vote — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2000: 3 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2001: 2 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2002: 2 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2003: 1 vote — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2004: 1 vote — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2005: 4 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2006: 2 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2007: 2 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2008: 2 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2010: 1 vote — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 2014: 20 votes — Doris Ohlsen Huspeni
  • Bruce D. Willis
  • Doris Ohlsen Huspeni

Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Bruce D. Willis sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
A15-0938 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-01-11 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Debra Lee Fawcett
A15-1162 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-28 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Deon Sinkfield, Jr.
A15-0603 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-28 Affirmed Laura M. Engelhart, n/k/a Laura Hoss v. Robert J. Engelhart
A15-0540 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-21 Affirmed Ken Peterson, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry v. Unite…
A15-0539 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-12-07 Affirmed in part and reversed in part In the Matter of the Estate of: Mitzi M. Olson, a/k/a Mitzi Marie Olson, Decede…
A15-0517 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-11-23 Affirmed Mackenzie Leigh Meier v. State of Minnesota
A14-1642 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-31 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded In re the Marriage of: Charles DeBolt Hart v. Jennifer Jayne Hart
A15-0219 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-31 Affirmed Anoka County Record, LLC, Anoka County Record v. Anoka County Board of Commissi…
A14-0423 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-31 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded State of Minnesota v. Ty-Yn Shakhaun Holley
A14-1723 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-31 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Sunil Vidyadhar Sapatnekar
A15-0242 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-24 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Jacob Miles Solberg
A14-1713 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-17 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Abdisaid Ahmed Mohamed
A14-1318 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-17 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. John Jay Pederson
A14-2090 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-17 Affirmed Jack Kenneth Pence v. Commissioner of Public Safety
A14-1992,A15-64 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-08-17 Reversed and remanded McCullough and Sons, Inc. v. City of Vadnais Heights