Legal Opinion
Beaulieu v. Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 8, 2009No. 08-3322PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A Minnesota trial court ordered that Wallace James Beaulieu be civilly committed as a sexually psychopathic personality (SPP) and a sexually dangerous person (SDP). Beaulieu’s attorney appealed the commitment order after the appeals deadline had passed, and the Minnesota Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal as untimely. Beaulieu filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the State of Minnesota (“State”) lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enforce its civil commitment statutes on an Indian reservation. The district court 2 dismissed Beaulieu’s petition.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- O'Sullivan v. BoerckelSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- United States v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- George C. Gilmore v. Bill Armontrout, George C. Gilmore v. Bill ArmontroutCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Sipp v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Timothy Kemp v. Wendy KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2019
- Grass v. ReitzCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011
- Beaulieu v. Minnesota Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2011
- Deck v. SteeleDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2017
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