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Michael L. Kirk

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Appointed 2012

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Judicial record

1187 opinions where Michael L. Kirk sat on the panel, spanning 2014–2026.

406 Majority authored
771 Joined majority
4 Concurrences
6 Dissents

By court

  • Minn. Ct. App. 1187

By disposition

  • Affirmed 907
  • Reversed 154
  • Mixed 106
  • Other 12
  • Remanded 4
  • Denied 2
  • Dismissed 1
  • Vacated 1

Panel votes per year

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

0 40 80 120 160 200 2008 2013 2018 2023 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: 38 votes — Michael L. Kirk 2008: 2 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2009: 6 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2010: 3 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2011: 2 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2014: 97 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2015: 194 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2016: 182 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2017: 154 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2018: 161 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2019: 186 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2020: 146 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2021: 140 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2022: 158 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2023: 146 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2024: 149 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2025: 140 votes — Matthew E. Johnson 2026: 150 votes — Matthew E. Johnson
  • Michael L. Kirk
  • Matthew E. Johnson

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
A25-1681 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-09-08 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. John Lee Edmondson
A26-0209 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed Michael Nikiforakis v. Twin Cities Motorcycles, LLC, Department of Employment a…
A25-2045 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded Joseph T. Green v. State National Insurance Company, Inc., et al
A25-1793 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Cristian Joel Mungia Figueroa
A25-1540 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-24 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Richard Charles Graves
A25-1806 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed In re the Marriage of: Corey Andrew Stern v. Rachel Ruth Stern
A25-1521 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-08-10 Affirmed In re the Marriage of: Stefanie R. Varga v. Michael E. Kangas
A25-1693 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-13 Affirmed USS Big Lake 1 LLC, et al v. Northern States Power Company DBA Xcel Energy
A25-1678 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-13 Reversed and remanded In the Matter of a Petition for Clarification or Amendment of Appropriate Unit
A25-1268 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-07-06 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Jorge Luis Sandoval
A25-1699 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-06-29 Affirmed State of Minnesota v. Richard Vinje Rean
A25-1474 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-06-22 Affirmed In Re the Custody of L.B.O.; Bibi Whited, et al v. Kenzie Quinn, Tyler Ohman, R…
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 v. Bruce Alvin Thompson
A25-0552 Minn. Ct. App. 2026-03-30 Affirmed In re the Estate of Jacob A Alderink, Deceased