Sarah I. Wheelock
Education and employment
Education:
J.D., with distinction, University of Iowa
B.A., with distinction and honors, University of Iowa
Past Employment:
Legal counsel, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Prior Lake
Adjunct Professor, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Appellate Judge, White Earth Band of Chippewa Court of Appeals
Personal and Professional Memberships:
Member, Meskwaki Nation (federally recognized as the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa)
Member and past Vice President, Minnesota American Indian Bar Association
Member, National Native American Bar Association
Member, Federal Bar Association
Former member, Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection
Community Activities:
Director, board for the Division of Indian Work
Assistant Director, Twin Cities Native Lacrosse
Former chair, American Indian Parent Action Committee, Prior Lake-Savage Area School District
Judicial record
630 opinions where Sarah I. Wheelock sat on the panel, spanning 2022–2026.
By court
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Sarah I. Wheelock's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Elise L. Larson for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Sarah I. Wheelock
- Elise L. Larson
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).
- Francis J. Connolly 120 shared 116 aligned 1 partial 3 split compare
- Kevin G. Ross 75 shared 75 aligned compare
- Jeanne M. Cochran 57 shared 57 aligned compare
- Renee Worke 55 shared 55 aligned compare
- Michelle A. Larkin 48 shared 48 aligned compare
- Elise L. Larson 46 shared 45 aligned 1 partial compare
- Jon Schmidt 42 shared 41 aligned 1 split compare
- Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks 40 shared 40 aligned compare
- Jennifer L. Frisch 36 shared 36 aligned compare
- Diane B. Bratvold 34 shared 34 aligned compare
Recent opinions
15 most recent opinions where Sarah I. Wheelock sat on the panel.
| Docket | Court | Filed | Disposition | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A25-1594 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-08-03 | Affirmed | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A25-2006 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-08-03 | Affirmed | Hykeem Green, Relator, |
| A25-1744 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-08-03 | Affirmed | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A26-0350 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-08-03 | Affirmed | Ashcel Companies, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation, Appellant, |
| A25-2233 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed | Lake West Development LLC, Appellant, |
| A25-1110 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A25-1298 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A25-1387 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed | A25-1390 |
| A25-1467 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A26-0067 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-27 | Affirmed | David Lindstrom, Trustee of the Gladys B Lindstrom Living Trust, et al., Appell… |
| A25-1284 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-20 | Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A26-1069 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-14 | Dismissed | In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Earl Lionell Ward |
| A26-1072 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-14 | Dismissed | Reichel Foods, Inc., Stowaway Storage, LLC, et al v. Loretta Lynn Taylor, et al |
| A25-1267 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-06 | Reversed and remanded | State of Minnesota, Respondent, |
| A25-1679 | Minn. Ct. App. | 2026-07-06 | Affirmed | Michael Adam Davis v. State of Minnesota |