State Supreme Court / Minn.

In Re the Welfare of M.D.O.

Decided November 2, 1990. Peter S. Popovich wrote the opinion for the court.

462 N.W.2d 370 · Cited 104 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Matter of Welfare of Mdo · 450 N.W.2d 655
Travelers Insurance Company v. Thompson · 163 N.W.2d 289
In Re the Welfare of J.W. · 415 N.W.2d 879
State v. Ostlund · 416 N.W.2d 755
Haring v. Prosise · 462 U.S. 306
In Re the Welfare of J.J.B. · 390 N.W.2d 274
Knoblauch v. Kenyon · 415 N.W.2d 286
In Re the Welfare of J.W. · 391 N.W.2d 791
In Re the Welfare of T.M.D. · 374 N.W.2d 206
Cohen v. Steinke · 26 N.W.2d 843
Farrell v. United States · 336 U.S. 511
Marriage of Sefkow v. Sefkow · 427 N.W.2d 203
Turner v. Alpha Phi Sorority House · 276 N.W.2d 63
Kaiser v. Northern States Power Co. · 353 N.W.2d 899
Matter of Welfare of Chosa · 290 N.W.2d 766
Matter of Welfare of HGB · 306 N.W.2d 821
Mattson v. Underwriters at Lloyds of London · 414 N.W.2d 717
L & H TRANSP., INC. v. Drew Agency, Inc. · 403 N.W.2d 223
In Re the Welfare of C.L.L. · 310 N.W.2d 555
In re the Welfare of R. M. M. · 316 N.W.2d 538
In Re the Welfare of P.J.K. · 369 N.W.2d 286
In Re the Welfare of M.M. · 452 N.W.2d 236
In Re the Welfare of C.K. · 426 N.W.2d 842
In Re the Welfare of W.R. · 379 N.W.2d 544
In Re the Welfare of L.M.M. · 372 N.W.2d 431

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In Re the Welfare of the Children of T.R. · 750 N.W.2d 656
In Re the Welfare of P.R.L. · 606 N.W.2d 72
In Re the Welfare of L.A.F. · 554 N.W.2d 393
In Re Welfare of MH · 595 N.W.2d 223
In Re the Welfare of J.R. · 655 N.W.2d 1
In Re the Welfare of P.R.L. · 622 N.W.2d 538
In Re the Welfare of A.D. · 535 N.W.2d 643
State v. Miller · 849 N.W.2d 94
In Re the Welfare of the Children of A.I. · 779 N.W.2d 886
In Re the Welfare of A.V. · 593 N.W.2d 720
In Re the Welfare of the Children of J.B. · 698 N.W.2d 160
Matter of Welfare of DDG · 558 N.W.2d 481
Matter of Welfare of AY-J. · 558 N.W.2d 757
Marriage of Kornberg v. Kornberg · 525 N.W.2d 14
In Re the Welfare of L.A.F. · 546 N.W.2d 55
Matter of Welfare of Sz · 536 N.W.2d 37
State v. Nicks · 831 N.W.2d 493
In the Matter of the WELFARE OF the CHILD OF R.D.L. and J.W., Parents · 853 N.W.2d 127
In Re the Welfare of S.Z. · 547 N.W.2d 886
Ryals v. Pigott · 580 So. 2d 1140
In Re the Welfare of the Child of D.L.D. · 771 N.W.2d 538
In Re the Welfare of the Child of W.L.P. · 678 N.W.2d 703
In Re the Welfare of D.L.R.D. · 656 N.W.2d 247
In Re the Welfare of the Children of D.F. · 752 N.W.2d 88
In re P.T. · 657 N.W.2d 577

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