Judge Retired

Bruce D. Willis

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Appointed 1995

Biography pending scraper ingestion.

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
Mixed 4
Vacated 4
Modified 3

Panel votes per year

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

Bruce D. Willis
Michael L. Kirk

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).

Carol A. Hooten 16 shared 16 aligned compare
Kevin G. Ross 13 shared 13 aligned compare
Robert H. Schumacher 12 shared 12 aligned compare
Francis J. Connolly 11 shared 11 aligned compare
Gary L. Crippen 10 shared 10 aligned compare
Harriet Lansing 10 shared 10 aligned compare
Natalie Hudson 10 shared 10 aligned compare
Michael L. Kirk 9 shared 9 aligned compare
Daniel R. Foley 8 shared 8 aligned compare
Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 8 shared 8 aligned compare

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
A14-0423	Minn. Ct. App.	2015-08-31	Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded	State of Minnesota v. Ty-Yn Shakhaun Holley
A15-0219	Minn. Ct. App.	2015-08-31	Affirmed	Anoka County Record, LLC, Anoka County Record, et al v. Anoka County Board of C…
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
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
A14-2062	Minn. Ct. App.	2015-08-17	Affirmed	Eduardo Cortez, Jr. v. State of Minnesota
A14-2063	Minn. Ct. App.	2015-08-17	Affirmed	Matthew Steven Benson v. Universal Truck Service LLC, Department of Employment …
A14-2066	Minn. Ct. App.	2015-08-17	Affirmed	Travis Hern v. Massage Retreat & Spa, Department of Employment and Economic Dev…
A14-1992,A15-64	Minn. Ct. App.	2015-08-17	Reversed and remanded	McCullough and Sons, Inc. v. City of Vadnais Heights