Associate Justice Currently Seated

Gordon Moore, III

Minnesota Supreme Court · Appointed August 3, 2020

Portrait of Gordon Moore, III
Education and employment

Education:
J.D., University of Iowa, 1988 (graduated with high honors)

B.A., Carleton College, 1985

Employment:
District Court Judge, Fifth Judicial District, Nobles County (March 2012 - July 2020)

Nobles County Attorney (January 2003 - February 2012)

Associate, Von Holtum, Malters & Shepherd, Worthington (February 1995 - December 2002)

Special Assistant Attorney and Assistant Attorney General, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office (August 1988 - January 1995)

Professional Memberships:
American Bar Association

Minnesota State Bar Association

13th District Bar Association

Nobles County Child Protection team

Professional and Community Activities:
Member, Northfield Rotary Club

Volunteer, KYMN Radio, Northfield (co-host of monthly “Legal Talk” program and occasional Northfield High School hockey color analyst)

Former board chair, Independent School District 518

Former board chair, Worthington Area YMCA

Community theater productions

Volunteer, high school mock trial coach

Volunteer, youth hockey coach

Volunteer, youth soccer coach

Judicial record

22 opinions where Gordon Moore, III sat on the panel, spanning 2020–2026.

9 Concurrences
13 Dissents

By court

  • Minn. 22

By disposition

  • Reversed 13
  • Affirmed 7
  • Mixed 1
  • Granted 1

Panel votes per year

How Gordon Moore, III's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Add ?vs=<another-judge-slug> to the URL to overlay a second judge, or click compare next to any co-panelist below.

0 2 4 6 8 10 2020 2022 2024 2026 2020: 1 vote — Gordon Moore, III 2021: 2 votes — Gordon Moore, III 2022: 1 vote — Gordon Moore, III 2023: 6 votes — Gordon Moore, III 2024: 4 votes — Gordon Moore, III 2025: 4 votes — Gordon Moore, III 2026: 4 votes — Gordon Moore, III
  • Gordon Moore, III

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 Gordon Moore, III sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
A24-0228 Minn. 2026-07-22 Reversed and remanded Court of Appeals State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Ge Yang, Appellant. Gaïtas…
A23-1400 Minn. 2026-07-15 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Tracey Dee Keyes
A24-0097 Minn. 2026-06-17 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Paul James Steichen
A22-1579 Minn. 2026-04-15 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Ivan Contreras-Sanchez
A24-0385 Minn. 2025-12-24 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Raenard Romalle Douglas
A23-1062 Minn. 2025-12-10 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Lisa Dawn Oliver
A24-0128 Minn. 2025-10-08 Reversed In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Anthony Blake Swope
A23-0271 Minn. 2025-04-16 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent, vs. Henry Lee Brown, Appellant
A22-1840 Minn. 2024-10-23 Reversed and remanded In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Michael Benson
A22-1239 Minn. 2024-07-17 Affirmed Sean Michael Wocelka v. State of Minnesota
A22-1372 Minn. 2024-06-12 Affirmed McKinley Juner Phillips v. State of Minnesota
A22-1823 Minn. 2024-05-08 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Michael Allan Carbo, Jr.
A21-1621 Minn. 2023-12-13 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Christian Portillo, A21-1621, Supreme Court, December 13,…
A22-0098 Minn. 2023-11-01 Reversed and remanded Jacqueline Blakey, Jerry Blakey v. Javonda Jones, Gina Alexander, ...
A21-1338 Minn. 2023-08-23 Reversed and remanded Pamela Maslowski,