American judge
Lawrence Robert Yetka [1] (October 1, 1924 โ November 12, 2017) was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives .[2]
Yetka was born in Cloquet, Minnesota . He graduated from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1948, and served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1951 to 1961. He became a special municipal judge in 1961, and served until he became Cloquet City Attorney in 1964.[2]
Yetka was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1973[2] [3] by Gov. Wendell Anderson ,[4] replacing Robert Sheran , who had been promoted to chief justice after the retirement of Chief Justice Oscar Knutson .[5] Yetka served on the Minnesota Supreme Court until his retirement in 1993.[3] He died on November 12, 2017.[6]
References
^ Who's Who in American Law 1992-1993 . Marquis Who's Who. 1991. p. 969.
^ a b c "Biographies of Judges and Justices of the Minnesota Appellate Courts" . St. Paul, MN: Minnesota State Law Library . August 24, 2010. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ a b "Chronological Listing of Judges and Justices of the Minnesota Appellate Courts" . St. Paul, MN: Minnesota State Law Library . July 1, 2010. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011 .
^ "Yetka, Lawrence Robert" . Minnesota State Legislature .
^ HEDIN, DOUGLAS A. (October 2016). "RESULTS OF ELECTIONS OF JUSTICES TO THE MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT 1857 โ 2016" (PDF) . The Minnesota Legal History Project .
^ "Lawrence Yetka, former Minnesota Supreme Court justice, dies at 93" . 15 November 2017.
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