| Rosalie Wahl | |
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| Associate Justice Minnesota Supreme Court |
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| In office 1977-1994 |
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| Appointed by | Rudy Perpich |
| Preceded by | Harry H. MacLaughlin |
| Succeeded by | Edward Stringer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 27, 1924 |
Rosalie Wahl (born 27 August 1924) is an American lawyer and judge from Minnesota. She was the first woman in state history named to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Wahl earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in 1946. She received her law degree from William Mitchell College of Law two decades later, in 1967. From 1967 to 1973, she worked as an Assistant State Public Defender. In 1977, she became the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, having been appointed by Governor Rudy Perpich. She served on the court until her retirement in 1994.[1]
Wahl also served as an adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law and the University of Minnesota Law School.