Melina v. Chaplin

Decided December 10, 1982. Glenn E. Kelley wrote the opinion for the court.

327 N.W.2d 19 · Cited 142 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.

• Neal v. Farmers Insurance Exchange · 582 P.2d 980
• Carpenter v. Mattison · 219 N.W.2d 625
• Kaehler v. Kaehler · 18 N.W.2d 312
• Louden v. Louden · 22 N.W.2d 164
• Haugen v. Swanson · 23 N.W.2d 535
• Pautz v. American Insurance Co. · 268 Minn. 241
• Young v. Wlazik · 262 N.W.2d 300

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