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HEARING INDEX: BY DATE
Year
Det#
Result
Complainant
Media
1971 1 U Rep. Ernest Lindstrom Union Advocate
1972 2 U Charles Samuelson Thief River Falls Times
3 N Mary Jane Rachner Union Advocate
1973 4 N Dr. Robert Shearin Rochester Post-Bulletin
5 U

Rep. Verne Long &
Rep. Wendell Erickson

Worthington Daily Globe
6 U Candidate Larry Lahauvietz Pipestone County Star
7 U MN Education Assn Minnesota weekly papers
8 --

Rep. Peter Fugina &
Rep. Douglas Johnson

Duluth News-Tribune
1974 9 N* Rep. Joseph Connors St. Paul Pioneer Press
10 N Commissioner E.F. Robb Minneapolis Star
11 U Elizabeth Guthrie Minneapolis Tribune
12 U DFL Chair George Melink Dakota County Tribune
13 N Sen. Mel Hansen Minneapolis Tribune
1975 14 N Minnesota Federation of Teachers St. Paul Pioneer Press
15 N Izaak Walton League of America Duluth News-Tribune
16 N Committee for Effective Gun Control Minneapolis Tribune
17 U/N Ely Echo Ely Miner
18 N Candidates James + Laura Miles Minneapolis Tribune + Minneapolis Star
1976 19 U/N Citizens for Community Action Minneapolis Star + Minneapolis Tribune
20 N Michael McKee St. Paul Pioneer Press
21 N Rep. Ray Kempe Apple Valley Free Press
22 N Doug Elwood (gay rights) St. Paul Dispatch
23 U Staff of Gerry Sikorski: Vance Opperman + William McDonough Stillwater Eve. Gazette
1977 24 U/N Dr. Robert Uppgaard + Dr. Jack Echternacht Brainerd Daily Tribune
25 N Candidate Bill Kjeldahl Minneapolis Star + Minneapolis Tribune
26 U/N Mn Soft Drink Association Minneapolis Tribune
27 U Comm. Ron Dicklich KBJR-TV, Duluth
28 U Mary Peek, DFL activist St. Paul Pioneer Press + St. Paul Dispatch
29 N Michael Crowley Minneapolis Tribune
1978 30 N* Jon Belisle St. Paul Dispatch
31 U/N Comm. Deidre Dodge KBJR-TV, Duluth
32 U Patricia Reilly Catholic Bulletin
33 N Prof. Ronald Jacobson Minneapolis Tribune
1979 34 U Mn Tenants Union Whittier Globe
35 U/N* Burtrand/Church of Wicca Minneapolis Star
36/37 U/N* Mn Against the Downtown Dome Minneapolis Star + Minneapolis Tribune
38 U Regina's Candies Minneapolis Tribune
39 U Ben Sternberg Minneapolis Tribune
1980 40 U Mn Dept. of Public Welfare KSTP-TV
41 U Coalition for a Progressive DFL Duluth News-Tribune
42 N* Commissioner Randy Johnson WTCN-TV
1981 43 U/N* Prof. Chester Mirocha St. Paul Dispatch
44 U Mn State Auditor Arne Carlson Corporate Report MN
1982 45 U Proctor City Countil Proctor Journal
46 N Alderman Larry Josephs West St. Paul Voice
1983 47 U* Mn Gun Owners Political Victory Fund Minnesota Daily
48 N* Concerned Citizens for a Nuclear Free World Stillwater Eve. Gazette
49 N* County Atty, Mark Rubin Star Tribune
50 U Federal Land Co. + Councilman Thomas Egan Star Tribune
51 N/-- Bartlett for Sheriff Campaign Austin Daily Herald
1984 52 N* Spectrum Star Tribune
53 N City of Mahnomen Fargo Forum
54 N* Mpls Urban League Star Tribune
1985 55 U/N* Mn Citizens Party Minnesota Media
56 -- Rep. Don Frerichs Dodge Cnty Independent
57 U Volunteers for Ira Rubenstein North Suburban Press
58 N* Mary Jane Rachner St. Paul Pioneer Press
59 U Candidate George Hayer St. Peter Herald
60 U* Candidate John Meiners Delano Eagle
61 U/N* DFL House Campaign Committee Waconia Patriot, Carver Cnty News, Norwood Times
1986 62 U Century 21, Granite City KSTP-TV
63 U Lori Peterson Moorhead Univ. Advocate
64 U* R.J. O'Neil Dakota County Tribune
1987 65 N* John Polis Albert Lea Eve. Tribune
66 N George Grant Star Tribune
67 U/N* Rep. Bill Batcher St. Paul Pioneer Press
68 U/N* Phillip Villaume KARE-TV
69 U*/N Medtronic Star Tribune
70 U* Carolyn + Rod Bunker Owatonna People's Press
1988 71 U/N Nancy Barsness Pope County Tribune
72 U/N Edward Tekautz Chisholm Free Press-Trib
73 N School Dist. 738 St. Cloud Times
74 N* Burlington Northern WCCO-TV
75 N* United Black Front Star Tribune
76 U/N Zachary Zoul Mankato Free Press
77 N Scott Vreeland + Cedar Riverside Community Grp Star Tribune
1989 78 U Richard Stanek Minneapolis Spokesman
79 N* Candidate Raymond Ploetz Circulating Pines
1990 80 U* MACCRAY School Dist. West Central Tribune
81 U/N* The City Inc. Star Tribune
82 N DEFFBAM (Ferret Fanciers) WCCO-TV
83 N* Lifespring, Inc. KARE-TV
84 U/N Charles Jones Tri-County Record
85 N* WAMM + Women/Work/Welfare KARE-TV
86 N Lao Family Community Twin Cities Reader
87 N Terrance Lappin Snoose News
1991 88 N* Dr. Morris Kurtz St. Cloud Times
89 U Minneapolis Police Officer KARE-TV
90 N William McGaughey, Men's Rights Association Star Tribune
91 U/N Hennepin County Medical Society KARE-TV
1992 92 U* Metropolitan Council WCCO-TV
93 U Prof. William Lass Star Tribune
94 U Dr. Paul Matson Mankato Free Press
95 U* Candidate Sally Evert Stillwater Gazette
96 U* Pam Coyle Austin Daily Herald
1993 97 U/N Candidate Dan Reiva NorthWest News
98 U/N Mpls Police Chief John Laux KARE-TV
99 N/U St. Paul Port Authority City Pages
1994 100 U Worthington Residents Worthington Daily Globe
101 U/U* Mn Dept of Health KSTP-TV
102 N County Commissioner M.J. "Mac" McCauley Winona Daily News
1995 103 N Ellis Olkon Twin Cities Reader
1995 104 N Crow Wing County Commisioner Paul Thiede Brainerd Daily Dispatch
105 N/N/N* University of Minnesota Women's Studies Department Star Tribune
106 U Incest Survivor Wabasha County Herald
107 N Jackie Schwietz, MCCL KTCA-TV
108 N/N/N Parents of Special Education Children Star Tribune
1996 109 N/N* Catholic Defense League St. Paul Pioneer Press
110 U/U Ellen Mork WJON Radio, St. Cloud
111 U/N/N Dr. David Mech Star Tribune
112 U Northwest Airlines  WCCO-TV
1997 113 U Robert Herickhoff, Lake Crystal- Wellcome Memorial School Board Member Mankato Free Press
114 N Joe Rudberg, Becker City Administrator  Sherburne County Citizen
115 U Patty & Randy Brandt WCCO-TV
116 U Police Lt Mike Sauro Star Tribune
 117 N/U Rachael Martin, Fairlawn Mansion Duluth News-Tribune
 1998  118  U Patrick Michaels
Robert Balling
 Star Tribune
 119  U/U Rice County Attorney Jeffrey Thompson and the Hanlon Family Faribault Daily News
 120  N/N Shelton Gunaratne Fargo Forum
 121 U DNR KSTP-TV
 1999  122  --/U/U Nancy Barsness Morris Sun/Tribune
 123 N Morris Kurtz St. Cloud Times
 124 N/N Marcia Eland Eden Prairie News
 125 U Roy Carlson Savage Pacer
 126 N St. Therese Home WCCO-TV
 2000  127 U Dr. Philip Sallberg Roseau Times-Region
 2001 128  U/U/U Big Lake Residents for Low Cost Metro Access and Zimmerman Citizebns for Low Cost Metro Access West Sherburne Tribune
129 U/U Winona County Board of Commissioners Winona Post
130 N/N/N  Ely City Council Ely Echo
2002 131 U/N/N James Keating, City Treasurer, Grant, MN St. Paul Pioneer Press
132 U Michael Walijarvi WCCO-TV
133 N/N/N/N MN Department of Transportation Star Tribune
134 N/U Judy Peterzen, School Board Chair, Osseo Brooklyn Center/Brooklyn Park Sun-Post
2003 135 U Gold'N Plump WCCO-TV
136 N  Rep. Arlon Lindner Star Tribune
2004 137 U  John Kysylyszyn, Roseville Mayor Law & Politics
138 U   CVPA Wright County Journal Press
2005 139 U Shell Lake Lions
Miranda Paffel Trust
KMSP-TV
140 N  Wes Mader
Mike Gundlach
Jim Ericson
Prior Lake American
141 N  Todd Peterson Roseau Times-Region
142 U    David Downing WCCO-TV
2006 143 - Cancelled
 
144 U    Erik Hjelle et al. (Maplewood City Council) KSTP-TV
145 U   Minneapolis City Council KSTP-TV
146 N  John Kysylyczyn, former Roseville Mayor Star Tribune
2007 147 U Susan & Tim Hatfield Winona Post
148 N  Joselyn Murphy & Thomas Bruels Ely Echo
149 U, N Citizens for Truth in Government Bemidji Pioneer
150 U Tax Cut Rally Attendees WCCO-TV
151 U, U, N Mari Newman MN Daily
2008 152 U, N Joe Richter Woodbury Bulletin
153 N, N, N Gary Glass

Duluth Budgeteer News

 

 

 

 

KEY

U: Upheld

N: Not upheld

U/N: Aspects upheld, others not upheld

--: Unable to rule on an issue

*: written dissenting opinion on file