Minnesota Court of Appeals
E472983
The Minnesota Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower state courts and agencies within Minnesota’s judicial system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Court of Appeals canonical | 9 |
| Minn. Ct. App. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4775241 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minnesota Court of Appeals Context triple: [Attorney General of Minnesota, mayAppearBefore, Minnesota Court of Appeals]
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A.
Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Minnesota, responsible for interpreting state law and the Minnesota Constitution.
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B.
Iowa Court of Appeals
The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Iowa’s state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential further review by the Iowa Supreme Court.
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C.
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Iowa, responsible for interpreting state law and the Iowa Constitution.
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D.
Kansas Court of Appeals
The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the Kansas state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential review by the Kansas Supreme Court.
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E.
Michigan Court of Appeals
The Michigan Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts across Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Minnesota Court of Appeals Target entity description: The Minnesota Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower state courts and agencies within Minnesota’s judicial system.
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A.
Minnesota Supreme Court
The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Minnesota, responsible for interpreting state law and the Minnesota Constitution.
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B.
Iowa Court of Appeals
The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Iowa’s state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential further review by the Iowa Supreme Court.
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C.
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Iowa, responsible for interpreting state law and the Iowa Constitution.
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D.
Kansas Court of Appeals
The Kansas Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in the Kansas state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential review by the Kansas Supreme Court.
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E.
Michigan Court of Appeals
The Michigan Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts across Michigan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intermediate appellate court
ⓘ
state court ⓘ |
| appealsTo | Minnesota Supreme Court ⓘ |
| applies |
Minnesota Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure
ⓘ
Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure ⓘ Minnesota Rules of Evidence ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis | Minnesota Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| courtType | intermediate court of review ⓘ |
| createdTo | reduce caseload of Minnesota Supreme Court ⓘ |
| employs |
court administrators
ⓘ
law clerks ⓘ staff attorneys ⓘ |
| established | 1983 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Minnesota Legislature ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Minnesota Statutes ⓘ |
| handles |
administrative appeals
ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Minn. Ct. App.
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota Court of Appeals
|
| hasAuthority | statewide appellate jurisdiction ⓘ |
| hasChiefJudge | Chief Judge ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfJudges | 19 ⓘ |
| hasOriginalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasTermLengthForJudges | 6 years ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfJurisdiction | appellate jurisdiction only ⓘ |
| hears | appeals by right in most cases ⓘ |
| hearsCasesFrom | all Minnesota judicial districts ⓘ |
| isSubjectToReviewBy | Minnesota Supreme Court ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Minnesota
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Ramsey County, Minnesota ⓘ |
| location |
Saint Paul, Minnesota
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint Paul
|
| mayIssue |
orders
ⓘ
written opinions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Minnesota Judicial Branch
ⓘ
linked to:
Judicial Branch of Minnesota
|
| publishes |
nonprecedential opinions
ⓘ
precedential opinions ⓘ |
| reviews |
decisions of Minnesota district courts
ⓘ
decisions of Minnesota state agencies ⓘ decisions of some local government bodies in Minnesota ⓘ |
| seat | Minnesota Judicial Center ⓘ |
| selectionMethod |
gubernatorial appointment to fill vacancies
ⓘ
nonpartisan election ⓘ |
| state | Minnesota ⓘ |
| usesPanelSize | three-judge panels ⓘ |
| website | https://mn.gov/law-library/mncourts/appeals.jsp ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Minnesota Court of Appeals Description of subject: The Minnesota Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower state courts and agencies within Minnesota’s judicial system.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Minnesota Court of Appeals