Hydra-Mac, Inc. v. Onan Corp.

Decided January 30, 1990. Rosalie E. Wahl wrote the opinion for the court.

450 N.W.2d 913 · Cited 109 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.

• Bobich v. Oja · 258 Minn. 287
• Northern Petrochemical Co. v. United States Fire Insurance Co. · 277 N.W.2d 408
• Metro Office Parks Co. v. Control Data Corp. · 205 N.W.2d 121
• Northern Petrochemical Co. v. Thorsen & Thorshov, Inc. · 211 N.W.2d 159
• Polaris Industries v. Plastics, Inc. · 299 N.W.2d 414
• Bemidji Sales Barn, Inc. v. Chatfield · 250 N.W.2d 185
• Zahler v. Star Steel Supply Co. · 213 N.W.2d 269
• Turner v. Alpha Phi Sorority House · 276 N.W.2d 63
• Jacobs v. Rosemount Dodge-Winnebago South · 310 N.W.2d 71
• Binkley Company v. Teledyne Mid-America Corporation · 333 F. Supp. 1183
• Western Equipment Co. Inc. v. Sheridan Iron Works, Inc. · 605 P.2d 806
• Lemmer v. IDS Properties, Inc. · 304 N.W.2d 864
• Duchene v. Wolstan · 258 N.W.2d 601
• Christenson v. Argonaut Insurance Companies · 380 N.W.2d 515
• Sohns v. Pederson · 354 N.W.2d 852
• Hydra-Mac, Inc. v. Onan Corp. · 430 N.W.2d 846
• Westphal v. Anderson · 347 N.W.2d 85

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