Associate Justice Retired

Christopher J. Dietzen

Minnesota Supreme Court · Appointed January 1, 2004

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Judicial record

33 opinions where Christopher J. Dietzen sat on the panel, spanning 2005–2025.

24 Majority authored

8 Joined majority

1 Concurrences

By court

Minn. 26
Minn. Ct. App. 7

By disposition

Affirmed 16
Reversed 10
Denied 4
Granted 2
Vacated 1

Panel votes per year

How Christopher J. Dietzen's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with James C. Harten for comparison (drop the overlay).

Christopher J. Dietzen
James C. Harten

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).

Terri J. Stoneburner 3 shared 3 aligned compare
James C. Harten 2 shared 2 aligned compare
Karl C. Procaccini 2 shared 2 aligned compare
Thomas J. Kalitowski 2 shared 2 aligned compare
Alan C. Page 1 shared 1 split compare
Anne K. McKeig 1 shared 1 split compare
David L. Lillehaug 1 shared 1 partial compare
David Stras 1 shared 1 partial compare
Doris Ohlsen Huspeni 1 shared 1 aligned compare
Harriet Lansing 1 shared 1 aligned compare

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Christopher J. Dietzen sat on the panel.

Docket	Court	Filed	Disposition	Case
A24-1673	Minn.	2025-09-17	Reversed and remanded	In the Matter of the Welfare of the Child of: B.D.D. and D.A.A., Parents
A23-0489	Minn.	2025-09-17	Reversed and remanded
A19-1559	Minn.	2021-08-25	Reversed and remanded	A19-1560
A18-0948	Minn. Ct. App.	2019-02-04	Affirmed	Wesley E. Wills, Appellant,
A14-2187	Minn.	2016-08-17	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. August Latimothy Fleming
A15-1666	Minn.	2016-08-17	Reversed and remanded	County of Aitkin, relators v. Blandin Paper Company
A14-1472	Minn.	2016-08-03	Affirmed	Ryan Contracting Company v. O'Neill & Murphy, LLP
A15-1313	Minn.	2016-07-13	Affirmed	Randy Leeroyal Swaney v. State of Minnesota
A15-1404	Minn.	2016-07-13	Reversed and remanded	Virgenia M. Ryan v. Potlatch Corporation and Self-Insured/Comp Cost, Inc., Rela…
A15-0792	Minn.	2016-06-08	Affirmed	Harry Jerome Evans v. State of Minnesota
A13-1928	Minn.	2016-04-06	Reversed and remanded	State of Minnesota v. Timothy John Huber
A14-1121	Minn.	2016-03-23	Affirmed	Sprinkler Warehouse, Inc. v. Systematic Rain, Inc., d/b/a GPLAWN.com
A14-1452	Minn.	2016-02-10	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Amanda Lea Peltier
A14-2210	Minn.	2015-12-09	Affirmed	State of Minnesota v. Kenneth E. Andersen
A13-2225	Minn.	2015-10-28	Affirmed	In re Petition for Distribution of Attorney's Fees between Stowman Law Firm, P.…