Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 20 opinions matched.

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No. A12-1518 Minn. Ct. App. 2013-05-06 Reinstated State ex rel. Commissioner of Human Services v. Buchmann
… ld him in contempt. In April 2005, the district court found him in constructive civil contempt for nonpayment of support. Respondent’s driver’s license had been suspended for nonpayment of child support. The district court noted that respon …
No. A12-1549 Minn. Ct. App. 2013-04-29 Dismissed Thole v. Commissioner of Public Safety
… ppointed legal counsel in some civil proceedings, such as paternity actions and civil contempt cases. See Hepfel v. Bashaw, 279 N.W.2d 342, 348 (Minn.1979) (paternity actions); see also Cox, 355 N.W.2d at 402 (civil contempt). In Hepfel , t …
C9-03-128, C0-03-129 Minn. Ct. App. 2003-08-11 Dismissed Westrom v. Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry
… t to further review, and violation of that order shall be enforceable by way of civil contempt proceedings in district court. If the commissioner does receive timely objection, the commissioner shall refer the matter to the office of admini …
CX-99-1217 Minn. Ct. App. 1999-12-21 Stayed In Re Conservatorship of Gobernatz
… OPINION RANDALL, Judge. The district court found Dardanella Luke in civil contempt for refusing to return the proceeds of a certificate of depos *359 it. Luke appeals and argues the district court did not have jurisdiction over these procee …
CX-97-2170 Minn. Ct. App. 1998-06-16 Stayed Estate of Stollmeyer v. May
… OPINION RANDALL, Judge. Appellant challenges the district court’s civil contempt judgment against him, asserting that he properly invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege. We reverse. FACTS Appellant George May is the former executor of the es …
C6-97-1680 Minn. Ct. App. 1998-03-03 Stayed Marriage of Walker v. Walker
… other. Consequently, the Swift County attorney filed a motion to find father in civil contempt of court for failing to comply with the child support order to make payments to the county. In response, father filed a motion challenging the co …
C4-95-863 Minn. 1996-07-11 Stayed Mower County Human Services Ex Rel. Swancutt v. Swancutt
… provide sufficient income to enable him to pay his court ordered child support. Civil contempt sanctions are intended to operate in a prospective manner and are “designed to compel future compliance with a court order,” International Union, …
C4-91-921 Minn. Ct. App. 1992-02-18 Stayed State v. Garcia
… 278 Minn. at 285-86 , 153 N.W.2d at 847-48 . On the other hand, the purpose of civil contempt is to vindicate the rights of an opposing party by coercing compliance with an order through imposition of a sanction of indefinite duration, to …
C2-87-1917 Minn. Ct. App. 1988-05-24 Stayed Marriage of Rohrman v. Moore
… failure to pay his child support obligations and adjudicated him in conditional civil contempt. He was sentenced to spend 60 days in jail, sentence stayed on condition that he pay his child support obligation plus $48 a month in arrearages. …
C0-87-166 Minn. Ct. App. 1987-06-23 Stayed In Re the Marriage of Nelson
… WICK, Judge. This appeal is from an order (1) finding appellant in constructive civil contempt of court and sentencing him to jail, and (2) awarding respondent attorney’s fees for prosecuting the contempt. We vacate the portion of the order …
C2-86-1292 Minn. Ct. App. 1987-01-20 Stayed In Re Welfare of A.W.
… ged misconduct, rather than the nature of the misconduct itself. The purpose of civil contempt is to coerce future compliance by imposition of a sanction of indefinite duration terminable on compliance or inability to comply. Criminal conte …
C9-86-351 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-08-19 Dismissed State Ex Rel. Johnson v. Sports & Health Club, Inc.
… roper because they did not have proper notice. In order to impose a penalty for civil contempt for failure to comply with a court’s order the order itself must clearly define the action a party must or must not take. See Hopp v. Hopp, 279 M …
C8-85-1173 Minn. Ct. App. 1986-02-18 Dismissed Westgor v. Grimm
… warding respondent Wayne Westgor $5,000 as a “penalty” for Grimm’s constructive civil contempt and $2,500 for attorney’s fees incurred in prosecuting the contempt proceedings. We reverse and remand. FACTS In 1976 Wayne Westgor, a minority s …
C9-85-968 Minn. Ct. App. 1985-11-26 Dismissed Eichinger v. Wicker Enterprises, Inc.
… it has no personal knowledge * * *.” Minn.Stat. § 588.01, subd. 3 (1984). In a civil contempt proceeding a hearing must be conducted upon due notice, and the party charged with non-performance must be given an opportunity at such hearing t …
CX-83-1767 Minn. Ct. App. 1983-12-07 Stayed Hancock-Nelson Mercantile Co. v. Weisman
… the Minnesota Supreme Court outlined the specificity required for a finding of civil contempt: In addressing the limits on a trial judge’s exercise of civil contempt powers, we stated that one essential prerequisite is that the prior decre …
50619-50623 Minn. 1980-06-20 Dismissed State Ex Rel. L.E.A. v. Hammergren
… 976), the Alaska Supreme Court noted: Before a party may be held in criminal or civil contempt for failure to abide by a court order, certain elements must be established: (1) the existence of a valid order directing the alleged contemnor t …
40491 Minn. 1968-01-26 Dismissed Hopp v. Hopp
… rial court’s function. The process by which this power is exercised is termed a civil contempt proceeding. The distinctive quality of a civil, as distinguished from a criminal, contempt is that of purpose. In exercising civil contempt power …
37,060 Minn. 1957-07-26 Stayed Clausen v. Clausen
… stinction should be drawn between civil and criminal contempt and that, where a civil contempt is involved, action such as was taken by the district court in the case at bar is proper, citing State ex rel. Hurd v. Willis, 61 Minn. 120 , 63 …
Nos. 29,044, 29,052. Minn. 1933-01-20 Dismissed Proper v. Proper
… ing the one adjudged in contempt to deliver property in his possession, it is a civil contempt reviewable by appeal. 1 Dunnell, Minn. Dig. (2 ed. Supp.) §§ 1702-1708a. The relator was not a party to the action hereafter mentioned, …
No. 26,146. Minn. 1927-12-09 Dismissed Cohen v. Mirviss Manufacturing Co.
… prisonment in such case is for the purpose of coercion. The proceeding is for a civil contempt. If the proceeding before us was for a criminal contempt it could be reviewed only by certiorari. State v. Leftwich, 41 Minn. 42 , 42 N. W. 598 ; …