How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota / Joined 1994 / Served to 1995

Anne V. Simonett

Judge, Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Anne V. Simonett was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota, who joined the court in 1994. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1994–1995 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Court of Appeals of Minnesota	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Simonett authored 6 published opinions for the court (1994–1995). Most cited: Lombardo v. Seydow-Weber (9 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1995	Lombardo v. Seydow-Weber	529 N.W.2d 702	9
1994	State v. Fritzke	521 N.W.2d 859	8
1995	State v. Scott	529 N.W.2d 11	7
1995	El Nashaar v. El Nashaar	529 N.W.2d 13	6
1994	Duluth Ready-Mix Concrete, Inc. v. City of Duluth	520 N.W.2d 775	6
1995	State v. Rasinski	527 N.W.2d 593	3

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court was Anne V. Simonett on?: Anne V. Simonett was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

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1 year on the Court of Appeals of Minnesota. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).