Library Research Guides: Thomas D. O'Brien, Associate Justice 1909-1911: Opinions and Resources

Opinions

During his sixteen months on the Minnesota Supreme Court, Justice O'Brien write 96 opinions and 7 dissents. They can be found in volumes 109 to 113 of the Minnesota Reports.

Minnesota Reports
Call Number: KRM5445 .A2

Publications

History of the Minnesota Supreme Court by Gunderson, Russell O.
Call Number: KFM 5912.G7
Publication Date: 1937
Biography of Thomas O'Brien begins on p. 136.
The Citizen and the Constitution by Thomas Dillon O'Brien
Call Number: Main KF4550 .O27 1926
Publication Date: 1926
There were Four of Us, or was it Five? by Thomas Dillon O'Brien
Call Number: Minnesota Historical Society F613.S25 O2
Dillon O'Brien, a Minnesota Pioneer by Thomas Dillon O'Brien
Call Number: Minnesota Historical Society F605. 1.O12 O2
Publication Date: 1933
The Great Experiment by Thomas Dillon O'Brien
Call Number: Minnesota Historical Society JK268 .O3
Publication Date: c. 1922
Taxation of Banks and Trust Companies: Address at Meeting of Third Mid-Continent Trust Conference, September 3rd, 1927 by Thomas D. O'Brien
Call Number: Minnesota Historical Society HG1768.U5 O27
Publication Date: 1927

Courts and the Constitution by Hon. Thomas Dillon O'Brien, former Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 16 Law & Banker & S. Bench & B. Rev. 146 (1923)

Newspaper articles

Junior Legal Stars - The Saint Paul Globe (September 17, 1888)
Thomas O'Brien - St. Paul Daily Globe (October 17, 1890)
(See upper-left corner of page.)
Pierce Butler - The Saint Paul Globe, January 5, 1891
O'Brien was the newly-elected Ramsey County Attorney when he appointed future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler as Assistant County Attorney.
Practicing Attorneys give Good Advice to Embryo Lawyers - The Saint Paul Globe, June 17, 1904
"Third Annual Banquet in Honor of Graduating Class of St. Paul College of Law is Given at the Commercial Club--[Thomas] D. O'Brien,..and Others Deliver Practical Addresses---"
Returns Show Hallam Elected but Recount may Change Result - The Saint Paul Globe, November 13, 1904
Citizens Endorse the Appointment of O'Brien - The Saint Paul Globe, December 7, 1904
O'Brien Suggests Insurance Changes - The Minneapolis Tribune, March 11, 1906
Commissioner O'Brien to Quit - The New Ulm Review (Minnesota), February 20, 1907
O'Brien Refuses to be Candidate - The Star Tribune, July 16, 1908
T.D. O'Brien is Named Supreme Court Judge - The Pioneer (Minnesota), May 20, 1909
Minnesota Rate Case Arguments are Begun - The Star Tribune, April 10, 1912
Minnesota's Rate Case Ranks High Among Leaders - Star Tribune (Minneapolis), June 10, 1913

Book Resources

Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota
Call Number: Reference F 605 .F53
Publication Date: 1900
Link goes directly to the section on Thomas O'Brien.
Progressive men of Minnesota: Biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, politics and the professions; together with an historical and descriptive sketch of the state
Call Number: Special Collections Room F 605 .S56
Publication Date: 1897
Link goes directly to biography of Thomas Dillon O'Brien.
Men of Minnesota; a collection of the portraits of men prominent in business and professional life in Minnesota
Call Number: Special Collections Room F 605 .M4 1915
Publication Date: 1902
Link opens to portrait of Thomas D. O'Brien. (Provided by Hathi Trust digital library.)

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