By Julie Forster, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Dec. 28--The blockbuster backdating settlement announced earlier this month between shareholders suing on behalf of UnitedHealth Group and its former chief executive William McGuire is no done deal.

By Jane Brissett, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn. Nov. 17--The Minnesota Supreme Court has denied $3,000 in vacation pay to a Duluth employee in what businesses see as a significant ruling that makes such decisions a matter of contract, not of law.

U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, filed notice with the Minnesota Supreme Court, asking it to toss a ruling that his guilty plea to disorderly conduct stand.

By Steve Scott, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 23--The city of Roseville and a team of developers will ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to review a lower court's decision that has held up the controversial Twin Lakes development in the city's northwest corner.

By Mikkel Pates, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Mar. 31--The legal case against BASF Corp. for fraudulently marketing and pricing expensive Poast herbicide passed another legal hurdle Thursday when the Minnesota Supreme Court again ruled in favor of the farmers.