Library Research Guides: Daniel Buck, Associate Justice 1894-1899: Opinions and other Resources

Opinions

The work of Justice Buck while serving on the Minnesota Supreme Court includes 395 written opinions and 30 dissents. They are contained in volumes 55 to 78 of the Minnesota Reports.

Minnesota Reports
Call Number: KFM5445 .A2
Publication Date: 1851-1977
Available in print in the library

Publications and Speeches

Indian Outbreaks by Daniel Buck
Call Number: E83.86 .B93 1904
Publication Date: 1904
Narrative and publication about the U.S. Dakota War and other conflicts with Native Nations, written by the (retired) Justice Buck in 1905. This publication provides the perspective of a white settler living in the Mankato area during the U.S. Dakota War of 1862. Book is available through the University of Minnesota. Readable electronic access provided by Hathi Trust.

Judge Buck's opinion : Phillips was honestly and legally nominated : he was deprived of the nomination by the trickery and fraud of those who manipulated the convention.
Piece written by Justice Buck, originally published in the Minneapolis Journal on August 31st, 1898.
Address of Hon. Daniel Buck of Mankato : also resolutions and address of the Minnesota State Farmers' Alliance, adopted at their fifth annual meeting at the state university, Minneapolis, February 24, 25, and 26, 1886.
Judge Buck Seated, The People's Press, Oct. 6, 1893, p.3, column 2
A Pungent Letter - Hon. Daniel Buck Declines to be a Candidate for Congress - The Kind of Man that is Wanted, The Saint Paul Globe, July 29, 1880
Letter to the Editor from Daniel Buck
The St. Cloud, Mankato and Austin Railroad - Information Wanted - Mower County Transcript (October 17, 1883)
Letter to the Editor from Daniel Buck
Agriculturists Assembled - An Address by Hon. Daniel Buck - The Minneapolis Star Tribune (February 25, 1886)
Undeveloped Intellect - The Worthington Advance (April 29, 1886)
Letter to the Editor from Daniel Buck

Other Career Information

Daniel Buck - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
On the Supreme Bench - Minnesota Should Have Men There and Not the Tools of the Party - Records of Justices Buck, Canty and Mitchell Will All Bear the Closest investigation - St. Paul Globe, November 6, 1898, p.22
Associate Justice Daniel Buck - The Saint Paul Globe. Pub. Date August 21, 1898
Judge Buck Resigns – The Saint Paul Globe. Pub. Date November 17, 1899
Daniel and Louisa Buck letters, 1857-1862 - Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscript collection at the Minnesota Historical Society, P3082.
Includes three letters (1857, 1859, 1861) from Democratic lawyer Daniel Buck of South Bend, Minnesota, to his brother Alfred in New York describing economic conditions, land claims, politics and the Civil War and two letters (1862) from Daniel's wife Louisa to Mary Buck, Alfred's wife, discussing family, gardening, and the aftermath of the U.S.-Dakota War
Supplement, 17 MEDICO-LEGAL J. 1 (1899)
Lawyers, 2 American Lawyer 350 (1894)
"Histories of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862" by William E. Lass, 44 Minnesota History (2012)

Daniel Buck, Associate Justice 1894-1899

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