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Supreme Court Opinions


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OPINIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT

FILED Wednesday, June 26, 2024

NOTICE - MEDIA RELEASE TIME IS 10:00 A.M.


A22-1298   Jeffrey D. Kuhn, Respondent, vs. Richard G. Dunn, et al., Appellants.
                   Court of Appeals.
          1. The transfer of an interest in a family farm by intestate succession breached the consent-to-transfer clause in the contract for deed.
          2. The breach of the consent-to-transfer provision was a material breach of the contract for deed.
          Reversed. Justice Margaret H. Chutich.
          Took no part, Justice Sarah E. Hennesy.
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ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR FURTHER REVIEW

FILED Wednesday, June 26, 2024


(Petitioner indicated in Italic Type)

POSTED THURSDAY AFTER SPECIAL TERM CONFERENCE
(Issues are as Presented in the Petition for Review)

Granted
 
1.         Leslie E. Sheehy Lee vs. Travis W. Kalis – A23-0522
 
Issues Granted:  (1) Are extrajudicial agreements to reduce child support enforceable or are they unenforceable because they lead to impermissible retroactive modifications of support?  (2) Were the parties’ Venmo transactions contractually sound agreements to reduce Respondent’s support obligation, especially in light of Respondent’s failure to disclose his income?
 
2.         State of Minnesota vs. Henry Lee Brown – A23-0271
 
Issue Granted:  Under criminal vehicular homicide — leaving the scene statute, section 609.2112, subdivision 1(a)(7)(2021), a person commits criminal vehicular homicide if he “causes the death of a human being . . . as a result of operating a motor vehicle . . . where the driver who causes the collision leaves the scene of the collision.”  Does the statute require that the person acted volitionally to operate the motor vehicle at the time it caused a collision?
 
3.         State of Minnesota vs. Paul Scott Seeman – A23-0571
 
Issue Granted:  How “detailed” does a defendant’s affidavit have to be to meet the requirements in Minnesota statutes section 611A.045, subd. 3(a) (2022)?
 
Denied
 
4.       CBS MN Properties, LLC vs. County of Hennepin – A23-0859
5.       Housing First Minnesota vs. City of Corcoran. Housing First Minnesota vs. City of Dayton – A23-1049, A23-1050
6.       Raymond Joseph Traylor vs. State of Minnesota – A24-0053
7.       Roula Mitchell vs. Target Corporation – A23-0564
8.       State of Minnesota vs. Chad William Buckley – A23-0351
9.       State of Minnesota vs. Justin Thomas Keodouangdy – A23-0693
10.     State of Minnesota vs. Nicholas John Reinert – A23-0922
11.     State of Minnesota vs. Ryan Timothy Kellen – A23-0716
12.     State of Minnesota vs. William Wayne Weber – A23-0648