Paul Magnuson
| Paul Magnuson | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of Minnesota | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 10/29/1981 - 2/9/2002 |
| Chief: | 1994 - 2001 |
| Senior: | 2/9/2002 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Edward Devitt |
| Succeeded by: | Joan Ericksen |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1937 |
| Home State: | Carthage, SD |
| Bachelors: | Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., 1959 |
| Law School: | William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1963 |
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Paul Arthur Magnuson is an Article III Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. He joined the court in 1981 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
Born in Carthage, South Dakota, Magnuson graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1959 and Willam Mitchell College of Law in 1963. [1]
Professional career
Magnuson was a private practice attorney in Minnesota from 1963 to 1981. Magnuson served as an Adjunct faculty member for William Mitchell College of Law and the Hamline University School of Law from 1982 to 1989. [1]
Judicial career
District of Minnesota
On the recommendation of Senators Rudy Boschowitz and David Durenberger, Magnuson was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota by President Ronald Reagan on September 28, 1981, to a seat vacated by Edward Devitt. Magnuson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 29, 1981 on a Senate vote and received commission on October 29, 1981. Magnuson served as the Chief Judge of the Court from 1994 to 2001. Magnuson assumed senior status on February 9, 2002.[1].
Notable cases
A notable case on this page needs to be updated.
Campaign finance reform
Judge Magnuson ruled on May 7, 2010, that Minnesota's ban on campaign contributions made by corporations is unconstitutional. The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce who filed the suit against the state was successful in convincing the judge that banning corporate campaign spending is considered to be a restriction of free speech. The Citizens United ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court was one of the reasons why parts of the law were struck down. With the ruling, corporations can spend using independent expenditures and not through a direct contribution which is still illegal under Minnesota law.[2]
Minnesota Corrections age discrimination
Judge Magnuson ruled that the Minnesota Department of Corrections violated age discrimination laws over a state policy on the payment of retiree health care benefits. In a ruling issued during the week of April 9, 2010, the judge found that it was illegal for retirees to not be paid health benefits if they retired after age 55 while those who retired at the same age received benefits. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit. The Minnesota Attorney General is reviewing the case and has not decided if they will appeal the ruling to the St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.[3]
Minnesota Vikings case
Judge Magnuson ruled that the District of Minnesota does not have jurisdiction involving a injunction against the National Football League filed by Kevin and Pat Williams.[4]
The two Minnesota Vikings have sued the National Football League over their substance abuse policy after they were suspended for violations of the policy. However, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear a appeal over Judge Magnuson's ruling on August 18, 2009.[4]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Judge Paul Magnuson Federal Judicial Center Biography
- ↑ Star-Tribune "Businesses get go-ahead to spend on candidates", May 7, 2010
- ↑ Star-Tribune "Judge: Corrections Department retirement plan discriminatory", April 12, 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Star Tribune" Kevin, Pat Williams can play, Minnesota judge rules, August 5, 2009
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Edward Devitt |
District of Minnesota 1981–2002 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Joan Ericksen |
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
