Alan Page
Alan Page was an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He was elected to this position in 1992 and took office on January 4, 1993.[1][2] Page retired before the end of his term on August 7, 2015, when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.[3]
Education
Page graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1967 with a B.A. in political science. He later earned his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1978, while finishing a Hall of Fame career in the National Football League.[4]
Career
- 1993-2015: Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court
- 1985-1992: Attorney, Minnesota Attorney General's office
- 1979-1985: Attorney, Lindquist & Vennum[4]
He was identified as one of 13 people who played in at least one Super Bowl before running for elected office or serving in government. Click here for more information.
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2007: Equal Justice Award, Council on Crime and Justice
- 2007: Trumpet Awards Foundation Honoree
- 2005: National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Distinguished American Award
- 1988: National Football Hall of Fame
- Doctor of Laws: University of Notre Dame, 1993; St. John's University, 1994; Westfield State College, 1994; Luther College, 1995; University of New Haven, 1999
- Doctor of Humane Letters: Winston-Salem State University, 2000; Gustavus Adolphus College, 2003; University of Notre Dame, 2004[4]
Associations
- Member, Advisory Board, Mixed Blood Theater
- Member, Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
- Member, Board of Regents, University of Minnesota
- Member, Minneapolis Urban League
- Founder, Page Education Foundation[4]
For a complete list of Justice Page's awards and associations, visit: Minnesota Judicial Branch, Associate Justice Alan C. Page
Elections
2010
- See also: Minnesota judicial elections, 2010
Page ran for re-election to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2010. He defeated Tim Tingelstad in the general election, receiving 63.2 percent of the vote.
| Candidate | Incumbent | Election % |  |
|---|---|---|---|
Alan Page  |
Yes | 63.2% | |
| Tim Tingelstad | No | 36.5% |
2004
In 2004, Justice Page held his seat on the Minnesota Supreme Court against challenger Tim Tingelstad. Page won 72 percent of the vote.[6]
1998
Page won re-election to the Minnesota Supreme Court, defeating Roger A. Peterson, with 72 percent of the vote.[7]
Political affiliation
Though Minnesota judicial elections are nonpartisan Justice Page was reported to be a supporter of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in 1998, prior to his re-election.[8]
Approach to the law
Audio of Page's judicial philosophy is available here.
Noteworthy cases
Corporal punishment
In 2008, Page authored a unanimous opinion refusing to label all physical punishment by parents as abuse. The case was the result of a 12-year-old boy who called authorities after being paddled by his father. The court refused to draw a "bright-line rule that the infliction of any pain constitutes either physical injury or physical abuse, because to do so would effectively prohibit all corporal punishment of children by their parents," Page wrote.[9]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Page received a campaign finance score of -1.16, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -0.07 that justices received in Minnesota.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[10]
Recent news
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See also
- News: Minnesota Supreme Court judges recuse themselves from cases involving U. of Minnesota, April 30, 2012
- News: A locked courtroom still deemed a public trial, July 8, 2012
- Courts in Minnesota
- Minnesota counties
- Judicial selection in Minnesota
External links
- Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Judge Profile: Associate Justice Alan C. Page"
- Minnesota Supreme Court
- Minnesota Public Radio, "Minnesotans to judge judge candidates," August 8, 2004
- Daily Norseman.com, "Alan Page To Retire From Minnesota Supreme Court," February 9, 2015
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Courts, "Biography of Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Alan Page"
- ↑ MN.gov, "State of Minnesota in Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Retirement Benefits of the Honorable Lawrence R. Yetka," September 10, 1996
- ↑ Daily Norseman.com, "Alan Page To Retire From Minnesota Supreme Court," February 9, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Minnesota Judicial Branch, "Judge Profile: Associate Justice Alan C. Page," accessed February 18, 2015
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed February 18, 2015
- ↑ The Benidji Pioneer, "Campaign 2008: Tingelstad running for Supreme Court," August 24, 2008
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "1998 Election Results, Judicial Offices," accessed February 18, 2015
- ↑ HighBeam - Star Tribune, "Governor endorses Alan Page for reelection to Supreme Court," September 10, 1998
- ↑ Star Tribune, "Court gets behind spanking, to a degree," May 31, 2008
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
