Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 15 opinions matched.

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A221727 Minn. 2024-07-31 Reversed and remanded State of Minnesota v. Blair Benedict Oberton
A15-1807 Minn. Ct. App. 2016-12-27 Reversed and remanded In re the Custody of M. M. L. Nathan James Sands v. Sue Mae Lovick, Dakota County
… 00 in arrears. In 2014, Lovick moved the district court to find Sands in civil contempt due to unpaid arrearages. Sands obtained hourly employment from June 2014 until January 2015, when his employment was involuntarily terminated. …
A14-1721 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-07-13 Reversed Analog Technologies Corp. v. Edward Knutson
… it. See Erickson v. Erickson, 385 N.W.2d 301, 304 (Minn. 1986). The purpose of civil contempt is remedial rather than punitive. Mower Cnty. Human Servs. ex rel. Swancutt v. Swancutt, 551 N.W.2d 219, 222 (Minn. 1996). Because our decision …
A14-693 Minn. Ct. App. 2015-05-26 Reversed and remanded Lynne A. Torgerson v. State of Minnesota
A13-2298 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-11-17 Reversed and remanded Harold B. Kaeding v. Monica S. Soleta, f/k/a Monica S. Kaeding, f/k/a Monica S. B. Jurupe…
… acious.2 And in October 2011, the district court found Kaeding in constructive civil contempt for failing to make a single payment to Soleta since the court’s November 12, 2009 order, and failing to sell the home as ordered. Kaeding’s 90 …
A13-1661 Minn. Ct. App. 2014-08-25 Reversed Peter Wells Fischer v. Gene A. Rechtzigel
… Minn. 489, 491 n.1, 245 N.W.2d 204, 205 n.1 (1976) (noting that the purpose of civil contempt “is to coerce performance by the contemnor so as to effectuate a remedy given to a private party, whereas criminal contempt’s purpose is to vin …
C6-91-1505 Minn. Ct. App. 1992-02-04 Reversed In Re Contempt of Armentrout
… 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 …
C8-90-1513 Minn. Ct. App. 1991-03-19 Reversed In Re the Welfare of E.J.B.
… 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. In re Welfare …
C1-89-1797 Minn. Ct. App. 1990-05-01 Reversed State v. Andrasko
… jahn is distinguishable. The court in Wojahn effectively jailed defendant for a civil contempt. The purpose of the incarceration was remedial, aimed at vindicating the rights of the parties to civil litigation. It was an ongoing contempt th …
C4-88-1914 Minn. 1989-07-07 Reversed In Re Disciplinary Action Against Ruhland
… he pendency of this appeal, Ms. Larson moved to find Mr. Larson in constructive civil contempt for failure to pay the increased amount of child support. Judge Johnson found Mr. Larson in contempt, but allowed him to stay contempt proceeding …
C3-84-597 Minn. Ct. App. 1984-11-06 Reversed NICOLLET COUNTY ON BEHALF OF BLOCK v. Havron
… vides: Subd. 3. Willful failure to obey the judgment or order of the court is a civil contempt of the court. All remedies for the enforcement of judgments apply including those available under sections 518.41 to 518.53 and 256.872 to 256.87 …
50539 Minn. 1981-11-06 Reversed State v. Hansen
… n Mrs. Fischer refused to testify, despite a grant of immunity and a subsequent civil contempt order, defendant was not obligated to call her to the stand to demonstrate her unavailability, since it had already been established by the prose …
44962 Minn. 1975-06-06 Reversed Peterson v. Peterson
… on of alimony and cancellation of arrearages, finding defendant in constructive civil contempt for failure to pay alimony, and sequestering funds for the payment of future alimony. The parties were divorced January 25, 1968. Division of pro …
No. 30,036. Minn. 1934-10-19 Reversed State v. Strong
… 728 . In Laff v. Laff, 161 Minn. 122, 124 , 200 N. W. 936, 937 , it was said: “Civil contempt proceedings may not be used to compel a party to do that which is beyond his ability. It is only when it is yet within the power of the person to …
No. 29,356. Minn. 1933-08-11 Reversed Newell v. Newell
… ld be a losing proposition for him to ’continue the payments thereon. This is a civil contempt to redress a damage to plaintiff. We see no way in which she could suffer damage through defendant’s failure to comply with paragraph VII of the …