State Supreme Court / Minn.

Phelps v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.

Decided September 8, 1995. Esther Tomljanovich wrote the opinion for the court.

537 N.W.2d 271 · Cited 77 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.

Melsha v. Wickes Companies, Inc. · 459 N.W.2d 707
Carey v. Piphus · 435 U.S. 247
Fontaine v. Ebtec Corp. · 613 N.E.2d 881
Johnson v. Jensen · 446 N.W.2d 664
DeJonghe v. EF Hutton & Co., Inc. · 830 P.2d 862
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · 411 U.S. 792
Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630
Baufield v. Safelite Glass Corp. · 831 F. Supp. 713
Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330
State v. Moseng · 254 Minn. 263
Lenz v. Coon Creek Watershed District · 153 N.W.2d 209
Beck v. City of St. Paul · 231 N.W.2d 919
Phelps v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. · 520 N.W.2d 748
Sigurdson v. Isanti County · 386 N.W.2d 715
Tuma v. Commissioner of Economic Security · 386 N.W.2d 702
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. · 479 N.W.2d 387
Leoni v. Bemis Co., Inc. · 255 N.W.2d 824
In Re the Welfare of C.L.L. · 310 N.W.2d 555
Glen Paul Court Neighborhood Ass'n v. Paster · 437 N.W.2d 52
Arbitration Between Charboneau v. American Family Insurance Co. · 481 N.W.2d 19
Egeland v. State · 408 N.W.2d 848
Convent of the Visitation School v. Continental Casualty Co. · 707 F. Supp. 412
Evans v. Ford Motor Co. · 768 F. Supp. 1318
State v. Wetsch · 511 N.W.2d 490
Filios v. Commissioner of Revenue · 415 Mass. 806

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