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Information contained in these documents was developed by the Minnesota Center for Community Legal Education for use only as a teaching aid by Minnesota educators. The summaries in these documents are those of the author(s) and do not represent the position or opinion of the Minnesota Judicial Branch, justices, judges or employees.

  

Minnesota Supreme Court Decisions - Highlights from 2011


Please note: Case summaries provided by Professor Peter Knapp, William Mitchell College of Law; reprinted with permission.

 Civil Cases:  Appellate Opinions:
 Dog Bite: Provocation
  
 Engquist v. Loyas, 803 N.W.2d 400
 Case #A09-1760
 Justice Dietzen
 Filed September 21, 2011

 Case Summary (pdf)

 

 

 

 Eminent Domain: Regulatory Taking
 
 DeCook v. Rochester Intern. Airport Joint Zoning Bd., 796 N.W.2d 299
 Case # A09-969
 Justice G. Barry Anderson
 Justice Stras took no part
 Filed March 30, 2011
 
 Case Summary (pdf)

 

 

 Criminal Cases:  Appellate Opinions:
 Arrest: Probable Cause
  
 State v. Williams, 794 N.W.2d 867
 Case #A08-2129
 Justice G. Barry Anderson
 Justice Page Cconcurring
 Justice Stras took no part
 Filed March 9, 2011  
 
 Case Summary (pdf)

 

 

 Court of Appeals Opinion in Case #A08-2129 

 Search and Seizure: Reasonable Suspicion
 Search and Seizure: Voluntary Consent
 Search and Seizure: Inevitable Discovery
 
 State v. Diede,
 795 N.W.2d 836
 Case #A09-1120
 Justice Meyer
 Justice Dietzen dissenting, joined by Chief Justice Gildea and  Justice Stras
 Filed March 30, 2011
 Case Summary (pdf)

 

Supreme Court Opinion in Case #A09-1120 

 Court of Appeals Opinion in Case #A09-1120 

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