State Supreme Court / Minn.

Hapka v. Paquin Farms

Decided August 3, 1990. Lawrence R. Yetka wrote the opinion for the court.

458 N.W.2d 683 · Cited 105 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Spring Motors Distributors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co. · 489 A.2d 660
Superwood Corp. v. Siempelkamp Corp. · 311 N.W.2d 159
Seely v. White Motor Co. · 403 P.2d 145
East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc. · 476 U.S. 858
Farr v. Armstrong Rubber Company · 179 N.W.2d 64
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts v. Parker-Klein Associates Architects, Inc. · 354 N.W.2d 816
McCormack v. Hankscraft Company · 154 N.W.2d 488
National Crane Corp. v. Ohio Steel Tube Co. · 332 N.W.2d 39
Independent School District No. 877 v. Loberg Plumbing & Heating Co. · 266 Minn. 426
Valley Farmers' Elevator v. Lindsay Bros. · 398 N.W.2d 553
S.J. Groves & Sons Co. v. Aerospatiale Helicopter Corp. · 374 N.W.2d 431
Hoff v. Kempton · 317 N.W.2d 361
Agristor Leasing v. Guggisberg · 617 F. Supp. 902
Thofson v. Redex Industries, Inc. · 433 N.W.2d 901
Hapka v. Paquin Farms · 431 N.W.2d 907

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