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Opinions in Minnesota that cite Rico v. State, 472 N.W.2d 100.
- Anderson v. Anoka Hennepin Independent School District 11 655 N.W.2d 847 Minn. Ct. App. 2003
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Anderson v. Anoka Hennepin Independent School District 11
655 N.W.2d 847
Minn. Ct. App. 2003
As mentioned, statutory immunity preserves the separation of powers, while official immunity primarily is “intended to insure that the threat of potential liability does not unduly inhibit the exercise of discretion required of public officers in the discharge of their duties.” (quotation omitted).
- Dokman v. County of Hennepin 637 N.W.2d 286 Minn. Ct. App. 2001
- Dokman v. County of Hennepin 637 N.W.2d 286 Minn. Ct. App. 2001
- Kelly v. City of Minneapolis 598 N.W.2d 657 Minn. 1999
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Kelly v. City of Minneapolis
598 N.W.2d 657
Minn. 1999
we held that malice “means nothing more than the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse, or, otherwise stated, the willful violation of a known right.” Id.
- Fisher v. County of Rock 596 N.W.2d 646 Minn. 1999
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Fisher v. County of Rock
596 N.W.2d 646
Minn. 1999
The purpose of statutory immunity is “to preserve the separation of powers by insulating executive and legislative policy decisions from judicial review through tort actions.”
- Kelly v. City of Minneapolis 581 N.W.2d 372 Minn. Ct. App. 1998
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Kelly v. City of Minneapolis
581 N.W.2d 372
Minn. Ct. App. 1998
Under the doctrine, “individual governmental actors * * * remain immune only if they do not act maliciously or intentionally.” Janklow, d at 716 ; (conduct malicious or willful only if official intentionally commits act official “then has reason to believe is prohibited”).
- Kari v. City of Maplewood 582 N.W.2d 921 Minn. 1998
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Kari v. City of Maplewood
582 N.W.2d 921
Minn. 1998
In the immunity context malice means “the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse, or, otherwise stated, the willful violation of a known right.” (quoting Carnes v. St.
- Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations 582 N.W.2d 216 Minn. 1998
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Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations
582 N.W.2d 216
Minn. 1998
Official immunity protects “a public official charged by law with duties that call for the exercise of judgment or discretion unless the official is guilty of a wilful or malicious wrong.” Watson, d at 414 (-07 (Minn.1991)).
- S.W. v. Spring Lake Park School District No. 16 580 N.W.2d 19 Minn. 1998
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S.W. v. Spring Lake Park School District No. 16
580 N.W.2d 19
Minn. 1998
ects public officials acting in their official capacity from suit, whereas vicarious official immunity protects the governmental entity from suit when " ‘the threat of potential liability [would] unduly inhibit the exercise of discretion required of public officials in 'the discharge of their duties.’ ” ().
- Costilla v. State 571 N.W.2d 587 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
- Costilla v. State 571 N.W.2d 587 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
- Burns v. State 570 N.W.2d 17 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
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Burns v. State
570 N.W.2d 17
Minn. Ct. App. 1997
(official immunity available as defense to claim based on violation of Human Rights Act); , 106 n. 3 (Minn.1991) (declining to decide if official immunity was a defense to a whistleblower claim when the cause of action arose before the statute was enacted).
- S.W. v. Spring Lake Park School District No. 16 566 N.W.2d 366 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
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S.W. v. Spring Lake Park School District No. 16
566 N.W.2d 366
Minn. Ct. App. 1997
Official immunity is “intended to insure that the threat of potential liability does not unduly inhibit the exercise of discretion required of public officers in the discharge of their duties.” (quoting Holmquist, d at 233 n. 1).
- Angell v. Hennepin County 565 N.W.2d 475 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
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Angell v. Hennepin County
565 N.W.2d 475
Minn. Ct. App. 1997
See, (noting that genuine issues of material fact preclude operation of official immunity to bar suit); -81 (Minn.App.1989) (holding that genuine issues of material fact on whether decisions were operational or planning in nature precluded summary judgment based on st
- Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations 563 N.W.2d 309 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
- Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations 563 N.W.2d 309 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
- Davis v. Hennepin County 559 N.W.2d 117 Minn. Ct. App. 1997
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Davis v. Hennepin County
559 N.W.2d 117
Minn. Ct. App. 1997
In the context of official immunity, malice ‘“means nothing more than the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse, or, otherwise stated, the willful violation of a known right.’ ” (citations omitted).
- Rehn v. Fischley 557 N.W.2d 328 Minn. 1997
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Rehn v. Fischley
557 N.W.2d 328
Minn. 1997
2727, 2736-39 , 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982) (regarding federal qualified immunity); -05 (Minn.1991) (regarding statutory and official immunities); Elwood, d at 676-79 (regarding official and statutory immunities).
- Zank v. Larson 552 N.W.2d 719 Minn. 1996
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Zank v. Larson
552 N.W.2d 719
Minn. 1996
ticular government activity is protected by statutory immunity, we have interpreted the discretionary function exception narrowly and have focused on its underlying purpose'— to preserve the separation of powers by preventing courts from passing judgment “on policy decisions entrusted to coordinate branches of government.”
- Watson v. Metropolitan Transit Commission 553 N.W.2d 406 Minn. 1996
- Janklow v. Minnesota Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators 552 N.W.2d 711 Minn. 1996
- 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
The common law doctrine of official immunity “protects from personal liability a public official charged by law with duties that call for the exercise of judgment or discretion unless the official is guilty of a wilful or malicious wrong.” 3 -07 (Minn.1991)
- 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
- Nisbet v. Hennepin County 548 N.W.2d 314 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
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Nisbet v. Hennepin County
548 N.W.2d 314
Minn. Ct. App. 1996
16, 1993) (-07 (Minn.1991)).
- 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
- Oslin v. State 543 N.W.2d 408 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Oslin v. State 543 N.W.2d 408 Minn. Ct. App. 1996
- Kalia v. St. Cloud State University 539 N.W.2d 828 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Kalia v. St. Cloud State University 539 N.W.2d 828 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Janklow v. BD. OF EXAM. FOR NURS. HOME 536 N.W.2d 20 Minn. Ct. App. 1995
- Janklow v. BD. OF EXAM. FOR NURS. HOME 536 N.W.2d 20 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