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Michael L. Kirk

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Appointed January 1, 2012

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Judicial record

1186 opinions where Michael L. Kirk sat on the panel, spanning 2014–2026.

405 Majority authored
771 Joined majority
4 Concurrences
6 Dissents

By court

  • Minn. Ct. App. 1186

By disposition

  • Affirmed 906
  • Reversed 154
  • Mixed 106
  • Other 12
  • Remanded 4
  • Denied 2
  • Vacated 1
  • Dismissed 1

Panel votes per year

How Michael L. Kirk'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 40 80 120 160 200 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2014: 95 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2015: 194 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2016: 188 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2017: 169 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2018: 135 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2019: 62 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2020: 31 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2021: 30 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2022: 62 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2023: 54 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2024: 79 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2025: 50 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2026: 37 votes — Michael L. Kirk
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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 Michael L. Kirk sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
A25-1540 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-1793 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-2045 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded Joseph T. Green, Appellant,
A26-0209 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed Michael Nikiforakis, Relator,
A25-1521 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed In re the Marriage of:
A25-1806 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed In re the Marriage of:
A25-1678 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-13 Reversed and remanded In the Matter of a Petition for Clarification or Amendment of Appropriate Unit.
A25-1693 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-13 Affirmed USS Big Lake 1 LLC, et al., Appellants,
A25-1268 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-06 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-1699 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-06-29 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-1474 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-06-22 Affirmed In Re the Custody of L.B.O.; Bibi Whited v. Kenzie Quinn, Tyler Ohman, ...
A25-0785 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-05-26 Reversed State of Minnesota v. Terry Izeal Heggs
A25-1264 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-04-27 Affirmed State of Minnesota, Respondent,
A25-0552 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-30 Affirmed , A25-1164
A25-0474 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-23 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Shain Alan Freeman