Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 26 opinions matched.

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No. A12-0071 Minn. 2014-02-12 Denied State v. Nelson
… edly attempted to recover child support from Nelson, whom the court has held in civil contempt on multiple occasions due to his refusal to pay child support. As of April 2008, Nelson owed $83,470.27 in child support. The State charged Nelso …
C2-01-94 Minn. Ct. App. 2001-07-31 Denied In Re Marriage of Crockarell
… statutory authority to enforce maintenance and child-support obligations using civil contempt proceedings. Engelby v. Engelby, 479 N.W.2d 424, 426 (Minn.App.1992). A child-support order constitutes prima facie evidence that the obligor has …
No. C2-01-94 Minn. Ct. App. 2001-07-31 Denied Ramsey County v. Crockarell
… statutory authority to enforce maintenance and child-support obligations using civil contempt proceedings. Engelby v. Engelby, 479 N.W.2d 424, 426 (Minn.App.1992). A child-support order constitutes prima facie evidence that the obligor has …
C7-99-1272 Minn. Ct. App. 2000-03-14 Denied In Re Conservatorship of Malecha
C6-99-419 Minn. Ct. App. 1999-10-12 Denied Marriage of LeRoy v. LeRoy
… es of $1,639. After a hearing, the district court found husband in constructive civil contempt for having voluntarily terminated his employment in bad faith and having failed to meet his spousal maintenance obligation. The December 1997 dis …
No. C3-98-1016 Minn. Ct. App. 1998-11-24 Denied Search Warrant of Columbia Heights v. Rozman
… l is from an order finding appellant Bennie Rozman, d/b/a Lynde Investments, in civil contempt for failing to comply with orders requiring him to provide structural access to housing inspectors for respondent Columbia Heights (City) who wer …
C6-95-606 Minn. Ct. App. 1995-09-05 Denied State v. Spilde
… dial purpose and is not solely punitive. In an analogous area, the purpose of a civil contempt order is to eoerc[e] compliance with an order through imposition of a sanction of indefinite duration, to be lifted upon compliance. State v. Gar …
C8-91-1392 Minn. Ct. App. 1992-01-07 Denied In Re the Marriage of Engelby v. Engelby
… for his refusal to submit to examination under Minn.R.Civ.P. 43.02? ANALYSIS 1. Civil contempt proceedings are designed to induce future performance of a valid court order, not to punish for past failure to perform. Minnesota State Bar Ass’ …
C7-90-1633 Minn. 1991-05-24 Denied Petition of Noske
… t. State v. Moorhouse, No. CIV-6-84-853 (D.Minn. Feb. 18, 1986) (order granting civil contempt motion); Xemas, Inc. v. United States, 689 F.Supp. 917, 921 (D.Minn.1988), aff'd, 889 F.2d 1091 (8th Cir.1989), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 110 S.Ct. …
C0-89-1838 Minn. Ct. App. 1989-11-07 Denied State v. Johnson
… s ordered release pending appeal on an emergency basis, but in an appeal from a civil contempt order. Brussel v. United States, *607 396 U.S. 1229, 1231 , 90 S.Ct. 2, 3 , 24 L.Ed.2d 53 (1969). A jailing for contempt, which may arise abruptl …
C6-86-1943 Minn. Ct. App. 1987-07-14 Denied Walz v. Walz
… nesota Supreme Court expressly stated the requirements for a proper exercise of civil contempt powers: (1) subject matter jurisdiction, (2) a clear definition of the acts to be performed, (3) notice of the acts to be performed and time to c …
C4-86-32 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-07-22 Denied Marriage of Tatro v. Tatro
… enate the children from the other parent. Appellant moved to find respondent in civil contempt for failure to abide by the terms of the decree by (1) moving onto the premises and alienating the children from appellant; (2) failing to provid …
C7-84-1770 Minn. 1986-04-11 Denied Marriage of Erickson v. Erickson
… udgment had not been entered on the modification order and initial constructive civil contempt orders are not appealable. It found no compelling reason to grant discretionary review. An amended judgment and decree was entered on August 28, …
C5-85-644 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-12-10 Denied Emery Air Freight Corp. v. Local 544, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
… The contempt of court trial was held in July 1983 on the issue of constructive civil contempt, and the damages issue was held in January 1984. The trial court found the union in constructive civil contempt because it had engaged in unfair …
C7-85-726 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-12-10 Denied Meier v. Connelly
… h the terms of the original judgment and decree and finding him in constructive civil contempt of court. The court transferred temporary custody of Justin to Meier, and ordered a custody study by Stearns County Social Services. Four days af …
C1-85-561, C0-85-1281 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-11-19 Denied Fritz v. Fritz
… pay future royalties in accordance with a contract is an insufficient basis for civil contempt proceedings under Minn.Stat. § 588.01, subd. 3(3). Id. The Minnesota Supreme Court has held that contracts for support: are sui generis, 1 and th …
C3-85-772 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-11-12 Denied STATE EX REL, SAUER v. Hellesvig
… e trial court issued an order to show cause why Hellesvig should not be held in civil contempt and have the child support payments withheld from his wages. Hellesvig responded by moving the court for an order that would declare Minn.Stat. § …
C4-84-1127, C0-84-2209 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-06-18 Denied Marriage of Holznagel v. Holznagel
… d. Lucille Holznagel subsequently moved to hold Wayne Holznagel in constructive civil contempt for failing to deliver the horse and for failing to hold her harmless from separately incurred debts. The trial court denied the contempt motion …
C5-84-2030 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-04-05 Denied Nyflot v. Commissioner of Public Safety
… 401 (Minn.1984), the court established the right to counsel for persons facing civil contempt for failure to pay child support when incarceration is a real possibility. Id. at 403 . We are aware that our decision is in conflict with decisi …
C5-83-1255 Minn. 1984-10-05 Denied Cox v. Slama
… hether the state is required to provide counsel for an indigent person facing a civil contempt charge for failing to make child support payments. We answer the question in the affirmative. Both the United States and the Minnesota Constituti …
45059 Minn. 1975-04-18 Denied Hampton v. Hampton
… hment, attachment or execution, and finally because the extraordinary remedy of civil contempt should not be extended needlessly, the majority rule will be followed in the case at bar as being the most reasonable construction of our statute …
40793 Minn. 1968-03-22 Denied Noltimier v. Noltimier
… lying two recent significant decisions of this court relating to the subject of civil contempt in divorce actions. Hopp v. Hopp, 279 Minn. 170 , 156 N. W. (2d) 212 ; Cozik v. Cozik, 278 Minn. 517 , 155 N. W. (2d) 471 . …
39893 Minn. 1967-10-27 Denied Peterson v. Peterson
… n attorney for the state. Different considerations apply in cases of direct and civil contempt. *282 Our decision here is limited to cases of indirect contempt where criminal sanctions are to be imposed. It is not necessary to consider othe …
40367, 40370 Minn. 1967-10-27 Denied Knajdek v. West
… roval of the settlement certainly could have been the basis for a conviction of civil contempt. But the record leaves no doubt that the purpose behind the conviction was penal, not remedial, and the object was to punish for contumacious dis …
No. 34,885. Minn. 1949-05-27 Denied Swift & Co. v. United Packing House Workers of America
… repare the facts necessary to be proved in order to substantiate its charge for civil contempt; defendant made no objection to that motion, and the case then proceeded to trial on that aspect of the case. The trial court denied plaintiff’s …
No. 23,190 Minn. 1923-02-02 Denied State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
… y of the court, but to make effective a remedy given to a private party. Only a civil contempt is involved. As to this, the case is ruled by Campbell v. Motion Picture Machine Operators, 151 Minn. 238 , 186 N. W. 787 , and the cases cited i …