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In his eighteen years on the court, Mitchell wrote more than 1,500 opinions touching on all areas of
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to hear a case where two of the sitting justices were involved as counsel. He was re-elected to a second term as district court judge in 1880 and was appointed to the
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on August 21. He is buried at
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598:"Former Justice Mitchell is Dead"
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678:Minnesota Supreme Court justices
625:Heidenreich, Douglas R. (1999).
338:. In 1859 he was elected to the
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476:William Mitchell College of Law
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377:Minnesota Supreme Court
368:Minnesota Supreme Court
301:Eugene McLanahan Wilson
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263:as a member of the 3rd
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293:Stamford, Ontario
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1007:Streissguth
995:H. Peterson
850:Vanderburgh
610:February 5,
184:Jane Hanway
164:Nationality
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1086:Rogosheske
482:References
389:Democratic
385:Republican
279:Early life
135:1832-11-19
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1017:Youngdahl
955:S. Wilson
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315:in 1857.
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111:In office
61:1881–1900
57:In office
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1213:Ericksen
1189:Stringer
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1103:F. Kelly
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924:P. Brown
878:C. Brown
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167:American
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