ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - Parents who sued the State of Minnesota over racially imbalanced schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul must show the racial differences caused educational shortfalls in order to prove a violation of the state constitution, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A woman who accused her former lover and dance instructor of rape in a widely read Facebook post was commenting on a matter of general public concern and is entitled to heightened protection against a defamation lawsuit, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A lawsuit claiming Duluth city officials retaliated against a property owner for exercising his right of free speech may be barred by the statute of limitations, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled, reversing an appeals court that said the 20-year battle between the city and the property owner could be a “continuing violation.”
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Companies that front lump sum payments to plaintiffs in exchange for a percentage of what is recovered in their lawsuits can continue to charge whatever interest rate they want, the Minnesota Supreme Court says.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - A school district employee who resigned after receiving her first poor job reviews in nearly 20 years can sue the district for age discrimination after presenting evidence her boss was targeting older, white workers for dismissal, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - The mental health care providers of a man who killed his family won't be liable for their deaths, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A Minnesota owner of a wedding venue and a bar and grill will get a chance to prove the state essentially took his property during the COVID-19 pandemic when it put gathering restrictions in place.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) - The fact that the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday denied Derek Chauvin’s request for a public defender could become the basis for yet another appeal question, according to a law professor.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a proposition that would let Minnesota cities vote to defund their police departments will stay on the ballot for the upcoming Nov. 2 election.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has refused to give a widow – and others in her situation – extra time to file her asbestos lawsuit.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – Minneapolis’ law requiring employers to provide sick and safe time is not in conflict with state law and has survived a challenge brought by the state’s Chamber of Commerce.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) — The Minnesota Supreme Court found that reporting privileges protect news reports regarding certain statements made in police press conferences that were later reported on by media outlets.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – Minnesota’s Supreme Court has reversed a ruling from the state's Court of Appeals in a wage dispute case involving a home health care agency.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled a high school basketball coach is not a public official under the defamation standard in a U.S. Supreme Court case and has affirmed in part a ruling in the coach's favor.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The idea that fees associated with certain telecommunications calls, such as 911 services, are indeed taxes, is what caused Minnesota’s Supreme Court to dismiss a case over allegations companies were purposefully not paying fees and surcharges owed to the state.
MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) – A Minnesota Supreme Court majority ruled Aug. 8 that a woman’s workplace injury satisfied the “requisite causal connection between the workplace and her injury.”
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – Climate change activists in Minnesota will be able to mount a defense that their actions were justified because they were designed to prevent a worse harm.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – An appellate court decision was struck down by the Minnesota Supreme Court on June 27 over its finding that a trustee lacked standing to sue an attorney for legal malpractice during a deceased client’s estate-planning.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court determined on Nov. 16 that Minnesota Gov. Mark B. Dayton did not violate the state’s constitution when he exercised his line-item veto power on appropriations made by the Legislature in its biennial budget.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Supreme Court last month revived a lawsuit brought by a farm worker who had his legs crushed by a machine - even though he was working on the machine without having read its manual and had received no instruction on how to perform the repair he was attempting.
