Minnesota Lawyer articles from April 2009

Minnesota Lawyer archives from April 2009

Making the grade: Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota rates law firms A+ to F.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Michelle Lore It may seem like an unusual way to find out about a lawyer, but more than 3,400 consumers contacted the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota over the past 12 months seeking reports on law firms. ...

U.S. Supreme Court hears age bias case from 8th Circuit.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Kimberly Atkins The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in an age discrimination case where the legal issues were so thorny even a seasoned high court litigator was compelled to comment. “The issues here are...

Minnesota Bar Buzz: April 6, 2009.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Report Leonard, Street's pro bono work lauded by ABA Leonard, Street and Deinard will receive the American Bar Association litigation section's John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award...

Costs plus billable hours have to equal revenue.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Edward Poll The recession is sending many law firms back to the basics, and nothing is more fundamental to the business than the two basic models to make money. In the first model, look at your revenue and figure out what your...

Minnesota Court News: April 6, 2009.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff CLE board seeks lawyer and nonlawyer members One lawyer position and one public position (nonlawyer) are open on the 13-member Minnesota State Board of Continuing Legal Education. The all-volunteer...

Commentary: Recent manual matter revives memories of 'Mettille'.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick It's been 25 years since the Minnesota Supreme Court established the doctrine that employment handbooks or manuals may constitute binding contracts, limiting the right of employers to fire employees without...

Minnesota Lawyers in the News: April 6, 2009.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Terry & Slane PLLC has added Richard A. Ruohonen as a partner to form the law firm of Terry, Slane & Ruohonen, TSR Injury Law. Ruohonen represents injured victims of motor vehicle accidents, product defects...

Attorneys to pay for public defense? Minnesota bill would tack additional fee on to license renewal.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Michelle Lore Legislation that would require attorneys to pay at least $50 annually to help fund the public defense system isn't sitting well with some members of the state's legal community. Under the bill introduced last...

Minnesota Supreme Court says lawyers must request probable cause hearing in discipline cases.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Barbara L. Jones Over the objections of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board, the Minnesota Supreme Court has decided to eliminate formal probable cause hearings as a mandatory step in the attorney discipline process. ...

Minnesota State Bar Assn. pledges to provide flood assistance.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff The Minnesota State Bar Association has announced the formation of a response team to deal with issues relating to the Red River flooding in the Fargo/Moorhead area. Fergus Falls attorney (and former MSBA...

Minnesota chapter of Institute for Justice challenges Red Wing's administrative warrants.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff The Minnesota chapter of the Institute for Justice is battling the city of Red Wing over so-called administrative warrants that allow the city to search people's homes. According to a press release from...

U.S. Supreme Court won't rule in punitives case.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Lawyers USA Staff Reporter The U.S. Supreme Court announced without comment last week that it was dismissing the grant of certiorari in Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams as having been improvidently granted. In its third...

Minn. Court of Appeals says exclusion of expert testimony mandates new trial in sex abuse case.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Barbara L. Jones A man convicted of sexually abusing his three granddaughters will receive a new trial because expert testimony about the method used to interview the alleged victims of the abuse was excluded in his first trial,...

Paragraph 20.(Jon Stafsholt's practice as a judge)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Judge Jon Stafsholt It’s criminal arraignment day. The morning calendar is full. I walk through the crowded hallway to reach my office, watching the people waiting for their time in court, many of them puzzling over a...

Identifying your client.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Robin J. Crabb Several recent admonitions issued by the Director’s Office involved representation of a personal representative to an estate when that PR has some additional interest in the estate. For example, it is not...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Joseph v. Minnesota.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Immigration Consequences Where there is no evidence corroborating defendant's claim that defense counsel told him prior to his plea that he would not be deported; in the plea petition, defendant...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Miller.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Closing Argument Where defendant was charged with fifth-degree felony domestic assault; during closing rebuttal argument, the prosecutor stated, I submit to you that domestic violence is about power, it's...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Brown v. Minnesota.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff 'Blakely' Waiver Where, pursuant to a plea agreement, defendant agreed to plead guilty to the amended charge of second-degree intentional murder and to an upward departure in sentencing; at the plea...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Keller.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Downward Dispositional Departure Where defendant was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct; the District Court offered as reasons for a downward dispositional departure defendant's amenability...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Chastek v. Commissioner of Public Safety; Minnesota v. Chastek.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Lawful Basis Where an officer observed defendant's vehicle traveling at a rate of speed in excess of the posted 30-miles-per-hour limit; the officer activated his radar and obtained a reading of 39 miles...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Brevik.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Insufficient Evidence Where defendant stormed out of the house after an argument with his wife, got into his van, and twice accelerated and drove toward his wife, stopping a few feet away; defendant's...

Minn. Supreme Court: In the Matter of the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District NPDES/SDS.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff NPDES Permit; Impaired Water 1. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's interpretation of 40 C.F.R. sec. 122.44(d)(1)(vi)(A) (2008) that it had the authority to reissue a National Pollution Discharge...

Minn. Supreme Court: Order Promulgating Amendments to Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Amendments to Rules Amendments to the Rules on Lawyers Professional Responsibility are promulgated to be effective July 1, 2009. Case Number: ADM07-8001 Case Name: Order Promulgating Amendments...

Minn. Supreme Court: In re Petition for Reinstatement of Aakre.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Reinstatement The attorney is reinstated to the practice of law and is placed on probation for a period of two years. Case Number: A08-1467 Case Name: In re Petition for Reinstatement of Aakre...

Minn. Supreme Court: In re Petition for Disciplinary Action against Jones.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Suspension Where the attorney was convicted of a felony for filing a false federal income tax return, the attorney is indefinitely suspended from the practice of law with no right to petition for a...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Central Iowa Power Cooperative v. Midwest Independent Transmission.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Remand; Federal Question Jurisdiction Where an electrical power cooperative sued members of a resale power group in a dispute over compensation for the use of transmission systems, the District Court...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Rutherford v. Kessel.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Res Judicata, Fraudulent Transfer Where plaintiff brought an action to quiet title to three condominium properties that were transferred to her from her brother who was in prison, a state trial court...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Siems v. City of Minneapolis, et al.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Sanctions, Dismissal With Prejudice, Pre-Trial Scheduling Where counsel for a plaintiff in a civil rights action failed to comply with every part of the court's pre-trial scheduling order, the District...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Roach v. Stouffer, et al.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff First Amendment; Specialty License Plates; Viewpoint Discrimination Where an anti-abortion group whose application for specialty license plates was rejected by the Missouri Department of Revenue filed an...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Cardinal Health 110, Inc. v. Cyrus Pharmaceutical, LLC.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Breach; Pharmaceutical Supply; Costs and Fees Where a pharmaceutical company that agreed to supply drugs to a nursing home company brought claims for breach of contract, breach of guarantee and an action...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Kim v. Holder.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Removal; Fraudulent Green Card; Hearsay (1) Where the government presented evidence that an immigrant illegally obtained a green card through a bribery scheme and the immigrant challenged the evidence as...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Triple H Debris Removal, Inc. v. Companion Property and Casualty Insur.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Policy Cancellation Where an employer sued its workers' compensation insurer for breach of policy after the insurer denied coverage for an injured worker following a dispute over premium payments, the...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Gatewood v. Outlaw.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Agency Rulemaking; Habeas Relief Where an inmate challenged a regulation of the Bureau of Prisons that made him ineligible for an early release based on his completion of a drug abuse program, the rule...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Carr.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff 'Knowing Participation' Where a defendant in a drug conspiracy case carried a 10-kilogram package of cocaine to the trunk of his mother's car from a shop where it was delivered after being sent by his...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Al-Esawi.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff False Statements to FBI Where a defendant was convicted of making materially false statements to federal agents in connection with a conspiracy to evade taxes, the evidence was sufficient to support the...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: Gianakos v. U.S.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Juror Misconduct Where a criminal defendant sought habeas relief claiming his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to an allegedly defective trial court admonition regarding possible juror...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Cordy.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Denial of Continuance; Sentencing Where a District Court denied a criminal defendant's request for a continuance to substitute counsel to defend him on charges of possession of child pornography, the...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Green.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Protective Sweep; Plain View (1) Where an officer conducting a protective sweep of a defendant's home stepped onto a chair to look on top of a large dresser that he feared might be a hiding place for a...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Chase.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Downward Departure; Health Issues Where a defendant in a drug distribution case cited his advanced age, health issues, prior military service and employment history, in addition to his lack of a criminal...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Mansfield.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Enhancement; Gun Possession Where a District Court applied a four-level sentencing enhancement for possession of a gun in connection with a drug-possession felony, the court's failure to make a specific...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Scurlark.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Reduction; Crack Cocaine Where a defendant in a crack-cocaine case was sentenced under a binding Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement, the Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreements are contractual in nature, so a...

8th Circuit Court of Appeals: U.S. v. Denis.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Safety-Valve Relief; Eligibility Where a defendant who pleaded guilty to a drug charge argued that he was eligible for safety-valve relief during sentencing because he never had possession of a weapon...

U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel: Reagan v. Wetzel.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Dismissal; Sale of Business (1) Where a debtor's estate experienced continuing losses and she had unsuccessfully tried to confirm four plans in four years and the bankruptcy court found it unlikely a plan...

Minn. Court of Appeals: In the Matter of On-Sale Liquor License, Class B, Held by T.J. Management.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Liquor License 1. Absent a valid ground to suspend or revoke relator's liquor license, the city's reliance on the good cause standard in the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances sec. 259.250(9) to support...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Williams v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Subject Matter Jurisdiction If an alleged employee's negligent-misrepresentation claim against a public entity can be determined without evaluating whether the entity wrongfully discharged the alleged...

Minn. Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Parson, Jr.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff No Constitutional Infirmity Where the patient was committed as a sexually dangerous person, we conclude that his commitment comports with substantive and procedural due process, does not violate his...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Sonnek v. Sonnek.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Child Support Modification Where the 2005 judgment set father's monthly child-support obligation at $1,744 based on father's net monthly income of $4,904; in 2008, father moved to reduce his obligation;...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Shaw Acquisition Corp. v. Shannon.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Evidence; Attorney Fees Where a builder of a luxury home defaulted on payments owed to many subcontractors; in defense of mechanic's lien claims, a lender submitted the affidavit of a bank officer who...

Minn. Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Claim for Benefits by Schmitt.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Health Benefits Even though a psychiatrist who conducted an independent examination of claimant found that he might be able to return to work in a year and suggested that a 2005 investigation and...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Hendel Construction, LLC v. Security State Bank of Howard Lake.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Mortgage; Duty to Disclose Where a lender that held both the first and second mortgage foreclosed its second mortgage by advertisement but did not foreclose its first mortgage; and the lender refused to...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Moore v. Minnesota Baseball Instructional School.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Exculpatory Clause; Youth Camp Where a youth who was participating in a baseball camp suffered an eye injury when he was struck by a woodchip; the injury occurred during a lunch break when camp...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Vang.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Hearing on Reinstatement When a party seeking reinstatement and discharge of a bail bond fails to specifically request a hearing, there is no error of law when the District Court issues an order without...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Hakala.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Expert; Child Sexual Abuse In a case involving the alleged sexual abuse of children, a District Court abuses its discretion by excluding expert witness testimony offered for the limited purpose of...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Hersi.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Jury Instructions When instructing a jury on the elements of the crime of gross misdemeanor interference with an emergency call, the District Court must instruct the jury that an emergency call requires...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Basal.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Financial Eligibility 1. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 256J.20, subdivision 3, the value of loans made against a motor vehicle owned by a recipient of public-assistance benefits is not...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Anderson.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Late Addition of Charge Where it was undisputed at trial that defendant shot the victim twice, killing him, and that those bullets passed through the victim and injured two bystanders; defendant was...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Nelson v. Minnesota.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff 'Brady' Violation Where the prosecutor failed to disclose police reports which indicated that the robbery victim's car keys were recovered from someone other than defendant; both in the courtroom and...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Kuklok.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Intoxilyzer Source Code Even though defendant was charged with second-degree DWI based on a .20 alcohol concentration as indicated by the Intoxilyzer, we conclude that the District Court abused its...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Martinez.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Impeachment; 'Crawford' Where defendant and two others, Valure and Burks, were charged with burglary and theft of a home; at defendant's trial, she testified that she did not know that Valure planned to...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Jones.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Impeachment by Prior Conviction Where defendant was charged with possession of a firearm by an ineligible person; defendant had a 2002 conviction of possession of a firearm by an ineligible person; and...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Minnesota v. Kruse.(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Stipulation Rejected Where defendant was charged with violation of a harassment restraining order after he made a harassing phone call to the victim; and findings of fact in the HRO state that defendant...

U.S. District Court: United Steel et al Service Workers Union v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
April 6, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Venue Where a union that once represented workers at a plant in Minnesota challenges certain benefit determinations by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), which assumed administration of the...

Minn. Tax Court: Northcross Partners II, LLC v. County of Hennepin.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Agricultural Classification Where a 36-acre parcel was acquired for future commercial and/or industrial development; in 2004, a neighboring property owner farmed a strip of less than five acres on the...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court: In re: Palmer.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Personal Liability for Corporate Taxes Where the IRS assessed a trust fund recovery penalty against the individual debtor based on a charter school's failure to collect and pay employment taxes; the...

U.S. District Court: Mahnomen County v. Bureau of Indian Affairs.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Land in Trust Where the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians purchased certain parcels of land upon which it operates a casino; the Band requested that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) take the casino...

Minn. Court of Appeals: White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians v. County of Mahnomen.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Property Taxes Where the White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and money damages, alleging that the county unlawfully assessed and collected property taxes upon...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Sperle v. Orth.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Abuse; Qualifying Relationship 1. A former relationship may qualify as a significant romantic or sexual relationship under the Domestic Abuse Act. 2. When determining whether a former...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Look v. PACT Charter School.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Charter School; Preference Because the word town refers to a specific form of local government recognized under Minnesota law, the plain language of Minn. Stat. sec. 124D.10, subd. 9 (2008), extends a...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Baer v. J.D. Donovan, Inc.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff MHRA; Aggrieved Party An applicant for employment is not an aggrieved party within the meaning of the Minnesota Human Rights Act if the applicant is merely requested but not required to provide...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Softchoice, Inc. v. Schmidt.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Non-Competition Agreement 1. Under Missouri law, an employee's participation in an employee-retention plan may serve as consideration for a non-competition agreement if, at the time the employee enters...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Associates Plus, Inc. v. Levesseur.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Vacatur of Default Judgment Where the District Court ordered default judgment on a realtor's lawsuit against a homebuilder for non-payment of a commission on the sale of a home; the builder sought to...

Minn. Court of Appeals: In the Matter of the Welfare of the Children of: S.M.P.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Transfer of Custody Where mother excessively uses prescription and nonprescription drugs and engages in drug-seeking behavior; and some of the prescription drugs have sedative effects, cause mood...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Vitelli v. Knudson.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Duty of Care Where the developer of a subdivision sold a lot as is to a builder after a survey was conducted to detail the drainage plan for the lot; the builder constructed a house and a drainage swale...

Minn. Court of Appeals: B.J. Johnson Partners, LLC v. Koss Paint & Wallpaper, Inc.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Guarantee of Lease Even though the commercial lease did not have a separate signature line for a guarantor, we conclude that the president of the tenant corporation objectively manifested an intention to...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Ellis Properties, LLP v. Northland Pallet, Inc.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Lease; Insured Losses Where the lessee's employee backed a forklift into a support beam in a leased warehouse and a portion of the roof collapsed; the parties' leases require the lessor to maintain...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Sharma v. Edina Realty, Inc.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Mutual Assent Where the parties engaged in a series of offers and counteroffers regarding the sale of land; a number of the prospective buyers' counteroffers were made by their agent using the same...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Swanson v. Burke.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Child Support Arrearages Where, over the years that father was obligated to pay child support, mother failed to cash a number of the child support checks tendered by father, we conclude that father's...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Kuller v. Kuller.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Child Support Modification Where, prior to 2004, father worked in the IT industry earning $82,500 annually; since 2004, father has earned $27,00 from various jobs, none in the IT industry; the District...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Dunham v. Lawson.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Order for Protection Where petitioner's ex-husband submitted petitioner's cell phone records, which he obtained pursuant to subpoena, to counter the testimony of petitioner and her witness that petitioner...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Farrell-McFarland v. McFarland.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Reopening Judgment; Fraud Where, pursuant to the 2002 dissolution judgment, the parties re-addressed maintenance issues in 2007 and through mediation, negotiated a lump-sum settlement; the obligee did not...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Hopf v. Hopf.(Brief article)
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Spousal Maintenance Modification Where the obligee was awarded permanent spousal maintenance; the obligee's investment income, together with her spousal maintenance award, is insufficient to meet her...

Minn. Court of Appeals: Morgan v. Independent School District No. 482.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Education; Tenure Where plaintiff held a secondary principal's license and teacher's license; plaintiff was hired by the school district as director of human resources; later, when the district eliminated...

Minn. Supreme Court: Metropolitan Airports Commission v. Noble.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Apportionment; Lessee's Interest The established rule in Minnesota is that when a lease provision states that the lease ceases upon condemnation, a lessee's interest in the property is terminated. If...

Minn. Supreme Court: Carlson v. Bloomington Housing Partners II.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Minnesota Lawyer Staff Order for Review Vacated The petition for further review of the decision of the Court of Appeals in this matter was improvidently granted by this court. The order of this court granting review is vacated....