Cited by
Opinions in Minnesota that cite Nusbaum v. County of Blue Earth, 422 N.W.2d 713.
- Janklow v. Minnesota Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators 552 N.W.2d 711 Minn. 1996
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Watson v. Metropolitan Transit Commission
553 N.W.2d 406
Minn. 1996
Statutory immunity exists to prevent the courts from conducting an after-the-fact review which second-guesses “certain policy-making activities that are legislative or executive in nature.”
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Johnson v. State
553 N.W.2d 40
Minn. 1996
Statutory immunity protects “policy-making activities that are legislative or executive in nature.”
- Carter v. Peace Officers Standards & Training Board 547 N.W.2d 431 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Carter v. Peace Officers Standards & Training Board 547 N.W.2d 431 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Killen v. Independent School District No. 706 547 N.W.2d 113 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Killen v. Independent School District No. 706 547 N.W.2d 113 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Terwilliger v. Hennepin County 542 N.W.2d 675 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
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Terwilliger v. Hennepin County
542 N.W.2d 675
Minn. Ct. App. 1996
Six years later, the supreme court again attempted to provide some clear guidelines on the issue.
- Vrieze v. New Century Homes, Inc. 542 N.W.2d 62 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Vrieze v. New Century Homes, Inc. 542 N.W.2d 62 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Watson ex rel. Hanson v. Metropolitan Transit Commission 540 N.W.2d 94 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Watson ex rel. Hanson v. Metropolitan Transit Commission 540 N.W.2d 94 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Johnson v. State 536 N.W.2d 328 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Johnson v. State 536 N.W.2d 328 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Gutbrod v. County of Hennepin 529 N.W.2d 720 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Gutbrod v. County of Hennepin 529 N.W.2d 720 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Steinke v. City of Andover 525 N.W.2d 173 Minn. 1994
- Steinke v. City of Andover 525 N.W.2d 173 Minn. 1994
- Waste Recovery Cooperative v. County of Hennepin 517 N.W.2d 329 Minn. 1994
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Waste Recovery Cooperative v. County of Hennepin
517 N.W.2d 329
Minn. 1994
requires reversing the decision of the court of appeals with regard to the claim of discretionary function immunity.
- Leonzal v. Grogan 516 N.W.2d 210 Minn. Ct. App. 1994
- Leonzal v. Grogan 516 N.W.2d 210 Minn. Ct. App. 1994
- Olson v. Ramsey County 509 N.W.2d 368 Minn. 1993
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Olson v. Ramsey County
509 N.W.2d 368
Minn. 1993
6 (1992), which precludes municipal tort liability for claims “based upon the performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty, whether or not the *371 discretion is abused.”
- Doyle v. City of Roseville 507 N.W.2d 33 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Doyle v. City of Roseville 507 N.W.2d 33 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Rasivong v. Lakewood Community College 504 N.W.2d 778 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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Rasivong v. Lakewood Community College
504 N.W.2d 778
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
The discretionary acts exception is intended “to preserve the separation of powers by insulating executive and legislative policy decisions from judicial review through tort actions.” ().
- Waste Recovery Cooperative of Minnesota v. County of Hennepin 504 N.W.2d 220 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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Waste Recovery Cooperative of Minnesota v. County of Hennepin
504 N.W.2d 220
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
A court must narrowly construe the exceptions, Johnston, d at 267 , and should always consider that the exception seeks to protect policy-based decisions and “prevent the impairment of effective government,”
- Soucek v. Banham 503 N.W.2d 153 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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Soucek v. Banham
503 N.W.2d 153
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
Discretionary function immunity “seeks to protect policy-based decisions and prevent the impairment of effective government.”
- Maras v. City of Brainerd 502 N.W.2d 69 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Maras v. City of Brainerd 502 N.W.2d 69 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Olson v. Ramsey County 497 N.W.2d 629 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Olson v. Ramsey County 497 N.W.2d 629 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- S.L.D. v. Kranz 498 N.W.2d 47 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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S.L.D. v. Kranz
498 N.W.2d 47
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
Background a. Official Immunity The policy behind this immunity is to protect “public officials from the fear of personal liability that might deter independent action and impair effective performance of their duties.” , 718 n. 4 (Minn.1988).
- Sota Foods, Inc. v. Larson-Peterson & Associates, Inc. 497 N.W.2d 276 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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Sota Foods, Inc. v. Larson-Peterson & Associates, Inc.
497 N.W.2d 276
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
After identifying the precise governmental conduct that is being challenged, “[t]he critical inquiry * * * is whether the challenged governmental conduct involved a balancing of policy objectives.”
- Koelln v. Nexus Residential Treatment Facility 494 N.W.2d 914 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
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Koelln v. Nexus Residential Treatment Facility
494 N.W.2d 914
Minn. Ct. App. 1993
The basis for the discretionary function exception is that “the judicial branch of government should not, through the medium of tort actions, second-guess certain policy-making activities that are legislative or executive in nature.”
- McEwen v. Burlington Northern Railroad 494 N.W.2d 313 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- McEwen v. Burlington Northern Railroad 494 N.W.2d 313 Minn. Ct. App. 1993
- Carradine v. State 494 N.W.2d 77 Minn. Ct. App. 1992
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Carradine v. State
494 N.W.2d 77
Minn. Ct. App. 1992
(“each case must be judged in a fashion which focuses on whether the legislature intended to immunize the particular government activity”).
- Pletan v. Gaines 481 N.W.2d 566 Minn. Ct. App. 1992
- Pletan v. Gaines 481 N.W.2d 566 Minn. Ct. App. 1992
- McGovern v. City of Minneapolis 480 N.W.2d 121 Minn. Ct. App. 1992