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 2014 / Active

Peter M. Reyes Jr.

Judge, Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Peter M. Reyes Jr. is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota, serving since 2014. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2014 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	Court of Appeals of Minnesota	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Reyes authored 20 published opinions for the court (2014–2019), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: TCI Business Capital, Inc. v. Five Star American Die Casting, LLC, Brian T. Flynn (28 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. 21 of these were attributed to Reyes 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
2017	TCI Business Capital, Inc. v. Five Star American Die Casting, LLC, Brian T. Flynn· Concurrence†	890 N.W.2d 423	28
2014	Juan Edward Shariss v. City of Bloomington†	852 N.W.2d 278	10
2016	In the Matter of the Civil COMMITMENT OF Kenneth Donald HAND†	878 N.W.2d 503	5
2018	State v. Bradley†	908 N.W.2d 366	4
2016	State of Minnesota v. Krista Ann Muccio†	881 N.W.2d 149	4
2014	Commerce Bank v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company†	853 N.W.2d 836	3
2014	State of Minnesota v. Robert John Meyers†	853 N.W.2d 819	3
2018	State v. Clarin†	913 N.W.2d 717	2
2016	Anita J. Howard v. Shelly R. Svoboda, M.D.†	877 N.W.2d 562	2
2015	Melinda M. Binkley, Trustee on behalf of the heirs and next of kin of Kirk T. Lloyd, II v. Allina Health System†	860 N.W.2d 707	2
2019	Wise v. Stonebridge Cmtys., LLC†	927 N.W.2d 772	1
2018	Getz v. Peace†	918 N.W.2d 233	1
2018	Ellis v. Doe†	915 N.W.2d 24	1
2017	State v. Hunn†	899 N.W.2d 541	1
2016	State of Minnesota, vs.Daniel Irlas†	888 N.W.2d 709	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 Peter M. Reyes Jr. on?: Peter M. Reyes Jr. is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

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12 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).