State Supreme Court / Minn.

Matter of Welfare of S. L. J.

Decided February 17, 1978. Walter F. Rogosheske wrote the opinion for the court.

263 N.W.2d 412 · Cited 69 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.

Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire · 315 U.S. 568
State v. Hipp · 213 N.W.2d 610
Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88
Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville · 405 U.S. 156
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Flowers · 377 U.S. 288
City of St. Paul v. Azzone · 177 N.W.2d 559
State v. Witherill · 174 N.W.2d 329
Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104
City of Cincinnati v. Karlan · 39 Ohio St. 2d 107
State v. Reynolds · 243 Minn. 196
State v. Rosenfeld · 303 A.2d 889
City of Cincinnati v. Karlan · 35 Ohio St. 2d 34

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In Re the Welfare of M.A.H. · 572 N.W.2d 752
City of Little Falls v. Witucki · 295 N.W.2d 243
State v. Dugan · 2013 MT 38
In Re the Welfare of T.L.S. · 713 N.W.2d 877
State, City of Minneapolis v. Lynch · 392 N.W.2d 700
State v. MacHholz · 561 N.W.2d 198
Coggin v. State · 123 S.W.3d 82
State v. Huffman · 612 P.2d 630
In Re the Welfare of R.A.V. · 464 N.W.2d 507
State v. McCarthy · 659 N.W.2d 808
In Re the Welfare of W.A.H. · 642 N.W.2d 41
State v. Peter · 798 N.W.2d 552
State v. Indrisano · 228 Conn. 795
Dunham v. Roer · 708 N.W.2d 552
B.E.S. v. State · 629 So. 2d 761
State v. Grover · 437 N.W.2d 60
R.I.T. v. State · 675 So. 2d 97
State v. Jude · 554 N.W.2d 750
State v. Ackerman · 380 N.W.2d 922
State of Minnesota v. Robin Lyne Hensel · 874 N.W.2d 245
Baribeau v. City of Minneapolis · 578 F. Supp. 2d 1201
BES v. State · 629 So. 2d 761
RIT v. State · 675 So. 2d 97
R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377
State v. David Tracy · 2015 VT 111

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