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 2012 / Active

Carol A. Hooten

Judge, Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Carol A. Hooten is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Court of Appeals of Minnesota	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hooten authored 43 published opinions for the court (2012–2019), plus 1 dissent and 2 concurrences. Most cited: In re the Marriage of: Becki Anne Suleski, f/k/a Becki Anne Rupe v. Ryan Michael Rupe (26 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. 46 of these were attributed to Hooten by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2014	In re the Marriage of: Becki Anne Suleski, f/k/a Becki Anne Rupe v. Ryan Michael Rupe†	855 N.W.2d 330	26
2012	In re the Estate of Rutt†	824 N.W.2d 641	17
2013	In re the Welfare of the Children of L.L.P.†	836 N.W.2d 563	14
2019	State v. German†	929 N.W.2d 466	13
2016	Greenpond South, LLC v. General Electric Capital Corp.†	886 N.W.2d 649	13
2016	In Re GUARDIANSHIP OF Jose Maria Chimborazo GUAMAN†	879 N.W.2d 668	12
2014	In re the Estate of Pawlik†	845 N.W.2d 249	11
2016	Jane Doe 175, a minor, by her mother and natural guardian, Mother Doe 175 v. Columbia Heights School District, ISD No. 13, Christopher Lloyd Warnke†	873 N.W.2d 352	8
2013	State v. Bakdash†	830 N.W.2d 906	8
2014	SN4, LLC v. Anchor Bank, FSB†	848 N.W.2d 559	7
2013	Limberg v. Mitchell†	834 N.W.2d 211	7
2013	State v. Crump†	826 N.W.2d 838	7
2012	JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. v. Erlandson†	821 N.W.2d 600	7
2014	Kalenburg v. Klein†	847 N.W.2d 34	6
2013	Stern v. Stern†	839 N.W.2d 96	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

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 is Carol A. Hooten on?: Carol A. Hooten is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

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14 years 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).