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The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of Minnesota on UpLaw — 1,311 decisions from 1858–2017, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

Thiele v. Stich 1988 Minn. LEXIS 138 · cited by 330
State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French 1990 Minn. LEXIS 287 · cited by 201
Fabio v. Bellomo 1993 Minn. LEXIS 558 · cited by 188
Hubbard v. United Press International, Inc. 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1054 · cited by 176
Betlach v. Wayzata Condominium 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1474 · cited by 170
Frost-Benco Electric Ass'n v. Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 1984 Minn. LEXIS 1527 · cited by 159
Pine River State Bank v. Mettille 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1135 · cited by 155
State v. Knaffla 309 Minn. 246 · cited by 155
State v. Griller 1998 Minn. LEXIS 467 · cited by 153
American Family Insurance Group v. Schroedl 2000 Minn. LEXIS 483 · cited by 140
Reserve Mining Co. v. Herbst 1977 Minn. LEXIS 1510 · cited by 139
State v. Ramey 2006 Minn. LEXIS 626 · cited by 132
Offerdahl v. University of Minnesota Hospitals & Clinics 1988 Minn. LEXIS 162 · cited by 130
Hibbing Education Ass'n v. Public Employment Relations Board 1985 Minn. LEXIS 1093 · cited by 129
State v. Spreigl 272 Minn. 488 · cited by 128
Christianson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. 67 Minn. 94 · cited by 123
Miller v. Shugart 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1494 · cited by 118
State v. Myers 1984 Minn. LEXIS 1554 · cited by 109
DLH, Inc. v. Russ 1997 Minn. LEXIS 433 · cited by 109
State v. Merrill 1978 Minn. LEXIS 1209 · cited by 108
Spanel v. Mounds View School District No. 621 264 Minn. 279 · cited by 106
Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States 1986 Minn. LEXIS 829 · cited by 105
State v. Webb 1989 Minn. LEXIS 136 · cited by 103
Roby v. State 1996 Minn. LEXIS 251 · cited by 102
Stuempges v. Parke, Davis & Co. 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1544 · cited by 101
State v. Moore 1989 Minn. LEXIS 72 · cited by 100
Hoff v. Kempton 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1515 · cited by 99
State v. Champion 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1544 · cited by 99
Larson v. Chase 14 L.R.A. 85 · cited by 96
Moylan v. Moylan 1986 Minn. LEXIS 760 · cited by 95
Wild v. Rarig 302 Minn. 419 · cited by 94
Marriage of Rutten v. Rutten 1984 Minn. LEXIS 1309 · cited by 93
Henning Nelson Construction Co. v. Fireman's Fund American Life Insurance Co. 1986 Minn. LEXIS 740 · cited by 92
Lamprey v. State 18 L.R.A. 670 · cited by 92
Bernhardt v. State 2004 Minn. LEXIS 480 · cited by 92
A. J. Chromy Construction Co. v. Commercial Mechanical Services, Inc. 1977 Minn. LEXIS 1342 · cited by 90
Wood v. Cullen 13 Minn. 394 · cited by 90
Brookfield Trade Center, Inc. v. County of Ramsey 1998 Minn. LEXIS 512 · cited by 89
Johnson v. Harrison 47 Minn. 575 · cited by 88
State ex rel. Hart v. Common Council 53 Minn. 238 · cited by 88
Mohr v. Williams 95 Minn. 261 · cited by 87
State v. Raleigh 2010 Minn. LEXIS 51 · cited by 87
State v. Kindem 1981 Minn. LEXIS 1522 · cited by 85
Steinbauer v. Stone 85 Minn. 274 · cited by 82
Hubred v. Control Data Corp. 1989 Minn. LEXIS 173 · cited by 82
State v. MacK 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1402 · cited by 81
Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. 30 Minn. 465 · cited by 80
Marriage of Pikula v. Pikula 1985 Minn. LEXIS 1220 · cited by 79
Hospes v. Northwestern Manuf'g & Car Co. 15 L.R.A. 470 · cited by 79
State v. Saldana 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1764 · cited by 79
Sigurdson v. Isanti County 1986 Minn. LEXIS 786 · cited by 78
Cherne Industrial, Inc. v. Grounds & Associates, Inc. 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1476 · cited by 78
Elwood v. County of Rice 1988 Minn. LEXIS 99 · cited by 78
Schmidt v. Clothier 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1305 · cited by 78
Riley v. State 2012 Minn. LEXIS 399 · cited by 77
Kefee v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. 21 Minn. 207 · cited by 76
Nichols v. Walter 37 Minn. 264 · cited by 76
State v. Diede 2011 Minn. LEXIS 137 · cited by 76
Willis v. Mabon 16 L.R.A. 281 · cited by 76
Herrick v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. 31 Minn. 11 · cited by 75
Bohn Manufacturing Co. v. Hollis 54 Minn. 223 · cited by 75
Peterson v. Balach 294 Minn. 161 · cited by 74
Fonda v. St. Paul City Railway Co. 71 Minn. 438 · cited by 74
Hauenstein v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. 242 Minn. 354 · cited by 74
White v. Metropolitan Medical Center 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1132 · cited by 73
State v. Caron 300 Minn. 123 · cited by 71
Milkovich v. Saari 295 Minn. 155 · cited by 71
State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. 98 Minn. 380 · cited by 70
Tilseth v. Midwest Lumber Co. 295 Minn. 372 · cited by 70
State v. Othoudt 1992 Minn. LEXIS 73 · cited by 70
State Ex Rel. Ging v. Board of Education 213 Minn. 550 · cited by 70
Turner v. Alpha Phi Sorority House 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1398 · cited by 69
State v. Brooks 2013 Minn. LEXIS 426 · cited by 69
Morier v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. 31 Minn. 351 · cited by 68
Hoang Minh Ly v. Nystrom 2000 Minn. LEXIS 419 · cited by 68
Grondahl v. Bulluck 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1531 · cited by 67
State v. Thonesavanh 904 N.W.2d 432 · cited by 67
State v. Gauster 2008 Minn. LEXIS 322 · cited by 67
Amaral v. Saint Cloud Hospital 1999 Minn. LEXIS 522 · cited by 66
Caldas v. Affordable Granite & Stone, Inc. 2012 Minn. LEXIS 496 · cited by 66
Durfee v. Rod Baxter Imports, Inc. 1977 Minn. LEXIS 1286 · cited by 65
Friedman v. Commissioner of Public Safety 1991 Minn. LEXIS 212 · cited by 65
Tuma v. Commissioner of Economic Security 1986 Minn. LEXIS 785 · cited by 65
Baker v. Nelson 291 Minn. 310 · cited by 65
State v. Billstrom 276 Minn. 174 · cited by 65
Marriage of Sefkow v. Sefkow 1988 Minn. LEXIS 157 · cited by 64
Purcell v. St. Paul City Ry. Co. 16 L.R.A. 203 · cited by 64
Verkennes v. Corniea 229 Minn. 365 · cited by 64
State v. Wahlberg 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1542 · cited by 64
Taylor v. Taylor 10 Minn. 107 · cited by 63
Hendrickson v. Minnesota Power & Light Co. 258 Minn. 368 · cited by 63
Hunt v. IBM Mid America Employees Federal Credit Union 1986 Minn. LEXIS 752 · cited by 63
Marshall Produce Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance 256 Minn. 404 · cited by 63
Lambertson v. Cincinnati Corp. 312 Minn. 114 · cited by 63
State v. Ecker 1994 Minn. LEXIS 963 · cited by 63
Bobich v. Oja 258 Minn. 287 · cited by 62
Ponticas v. K.M.S. Investments 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1086 · cited by 62
State v. Amos 2003 Minn. LEXIS 134 · cited by 62
State v. Harris 1999 Minn. LEXIS 138 · cited by 62
State v. Garcia 1981 Minn. LEXIS 1209 · cited by 61
Sorenson v. St. Paul Ramsey Medical Center 1990 Minn. LEXIS 177 · cited by 61
Cruikshank v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance 75 Minn. 266 · cited by 61
Mattson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin Railroad 70 L.R.A. 503 · cited by 61
State v. Trog 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1734 · cited by 61
Columbia Heights Motors, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Co. 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1366 · cited by 61
State v. Andersen 2010 Minn. LEXIS 339 · cited by 60
State v. Lothenbach 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1568 · cited by 60
State ex rel. Board of Courthouse & City Hall Com'rs v. Cooley 56 Minn. 540 · cited by 60
Pletan v. Gaines 1992 Minn. LEXIS 370 · cited by 60
Victoria Elevator Co. of Minneapolis v. Meriden Grain Co. 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1640 · cited by 60
Lubbers v. Anderson 1995 Minn. LEXIS 957 · cited by 60
Christensen v. Hennepin Transportation Co. Inc. 215 Minn. 394 · cited by 60
Valspar Refinish, Inc. v. Gaylord's, Inc. 2009 Minn. LEXIS 74 · cited by 60
State v. Olson 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1805 · cited by 60
State v. Webber 1977 Minn. LEXIS 1278 · cited by 60
State v. Scales 1994 Minn. LEXIS 500 · cited by 60
State v. Joon Kyu Kim 1987 Minn. LEXIS 688 · cited by 60
Staloch v. Holm 100 Minn. 276 · cited by 59
Martens v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. 2000 Minn. LEXIS 554 · cited by 59
State v. Russell 1991 Minn. LEXIS 301 · cited by 59
Atwater Creamery Co. v. Western National Mutual Insurance Co. 1985 Minn. LEXIS 1047 · cited by 59
State v. Silvernail 2013 Minn. LEXIS 306 · cited by 59
Parsons, Rich & Co. v. Lane 97 Minn. 98 · cited by 59
Rico v. State 1991 Minn. LEXIS 151 · cited by 59
County of Redwood v. Winona & St. Peter Land Co. 40 Minn. 512 · cited by 59
Fitchette v. Taylor 191 Minn. 582 · cited by 58
State v. Hannuksela 1990 Minn. LEXIS 76 · cited by 58
Mathison v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co. 126 Minn. 286 · cited by 58
Nord v. Herreid 1981 Minn. LEXIS 1283 · cited by 58
Star Centers, Inc. v. Faegre & Benson, L.L.P. 2002 Minn. LEXIS 384 · cited by 58
Bilotta v. Kelley Co., Inc. 1984 Minn. LEXIS 1279 · cited by 58
State v. Jones 1978 Minn. LEXIS 1145 · cited by 58
Cracraft v. City of St. Louis Park 1979 Minn. LEXIS 1497 · cited by 57
Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc. 1977 Minn. LEXIS 1336 · cited by 57
Nyflot v. Commissioner of Public Safety 1985 Minn. LEXIS 1084 · cited by 57
McCormack v. Hankscraft Company 278 Minn. 322 · cited by 57
State v. Schwartz 1989 Minn. LEXIS 273 · cited by 57
Jones v. Morrison 31 Minn. 140 · cited by 57
State of Minnesota v. Jose Arriage Soto, Jr. 2014 Minn. LEXIS 571 · cited by 56
Lyon Financial Services, Incorporated, d/b/a U.S. Bancorp Business Equipment Finance Group v. Illinois Paper and Copier Company 2014 Minn. LEXIS 318 · cited by 56
Continental Western Insurance Co. v. Klug 1987 Minn. LEXIS 885 · cited by 56
Slater v. Advance Thresher Co. 97 Minn. 305 · cited by 56
National Bank of Commerce v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad 44 Minn. 224 · cited by 56
State, Department of Public Safety v. Juncewski 1981 Minn. LEXIS 1354 · cited by 56
Klein v. First Edina National Bank 293 Minn. 418 · cited by 55
State v. Austin 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1496 · cited by 55
Leake v. State 2007 Minn. LEXIS 454 · cited by 55
Park Nicollet Clinic v. Hamann 2011 Minn. LEXIS 762 · cited by 55
Iowa Kemper Insurance Co. v. Stone 1978 Minn. LEXIS 1135 · cited by 55
Patterson v. Adan 119 Minn. 308 · cited by 55
Springrose v. Willmore 292 Minn. 23 · cited by 55
State v. DeZeler 230 Minn. 39 · cited by 54
Sache v. Wallace 101 Minn. 169 · cited by 54
State Ex Rel. Humphrey v. Philip Morris Inc. 1996 Minn. LEXIS 497 · cited by 54
In Re Hennepin County 1986 Recycling Bond Litigation 1995 Minn. LEXIS 947 · cited by 54
State v. Jones 1986 Minn. LEXIS 862 · cited by 54
Baldwin v. Canfield 26 Minn. 43 · cited by 54
Davis v. Re-Trac Manufacturing Corporation 276 Minn. 116 · cited by 54
Emmert v. Thompson 49 Minn. 386 · cited by 54
State v. Gopher Tire & Rubber Co. 146 Minn. 52 · cited by 54
State v. Al-Naseer 2010 Minn. LEXIS 546 · cited by 54
Cederstrand v. Lutheran Brotherhood 263 Minn. 520 · cited by 53
Breimhorst v. Beckman 227 Minn. 409 · cited by 53
Honn v. City of Coon Rapids 1981 Minn. LEXIS 1526 · cited by 53
Frey Ex Rel. Frey v. Snelgrove 1978 Minn. LEXIS 1132 · cited by 53
Rippe v. Becker 22 L.R.A. 857 · cited by 53
State ex rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commission v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. 38 Minn. 281 · cited by 53
Johnson v. Morris 1990 Minn. LEXIS 86 · cited by 53
In Re Haggerty 1989 Minn. LEXIS 300 · cited by 53
Jackson v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. 2009 Minn. LEXIS 443 · cited by 52
Prideaux v. State Dept. of Public Safety 310 Minn. 405 · cited by 52
O'Leary v. Wangensteen 175 Minn. 368 · cited by 52
Anderson v. Hunter, Keith, Marshall & Co. 1988 Minn. LEXIS 2 · cited by 52
Gruenhagen v. Larson 310 Minn. 454 · cited by 52
State v. Rhodes 2003 Minn. LEXIS 125 · cited by 52
Cotton v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co. 99 Minn. 366 · cited by 52
State v. Salitros 1993 Minn. LEXIS 344 · cited by 52
Hunt v. Nevada State Bank 285 Minn. 77 · cited by 52
Beck v. Groe 245 Minn. 28 · cited by 52
State v. Strommen 2002 Minn. LEXIS 511 · cited by 51
Sheehan v. Flynn 26 L.R.A. 632 · cited by 51
State v. Milton 2012 Minn. LEXIS 488 · cited by 51
First National Bank v. Gustin Minerva Consolidated Mining Co. 42 Minn. 327 · cited by 51
Hauschildt v. Beckingham 2004 Minn. LEXIS 562 · cited by 51
State v. Ture 1984 Minn. LEXIS 1385 · cited by 51
State ex rel. Peoples Coal & Ice Co. v. District Court 129 Minn. 502 · cited by 51
State ex rel. Duluth Brewing & Malting Co. v. District Court 129 Minn. 176 · cited by 51
State v. Wiley 1985 Minn. LEXIS 1048 · cited by 51
Kausal v. Minnesota Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance 31 Minn. 17 · cited by 51
Gates v. State 1987 Minn. LEXIS 691 · cited by 51
State v. Pieschke 1980 Minn. LEXIS 1529 · cited by 51
Bennett v. Storz Broadcasting Co. 270 Minn. 525 · cited by 50
Melina v. Chaplin 1982 Minn. LEXIS 1873 · cited by 50
Myers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. 1983 Minn. LEXIS 1235 · cited by 50
State v. Swanson 2006 Minn. LEXIS 6 · cited by 50
Florenzano v. Olson 1986 Minn. LEXIS 783 · cited by 50
In re Disciplinary Action Against Coleman 2011 Minn. LEXIS 24 · cited by 50
Hoover v. Norwest Private Mortgage Banking 2001 Minn. LEXIS 623 · cited by 50
State v. Vang 2014 Minn. LEXIS 216 · cited by 50
State v. Shattuck 704 N.W.2d 131 · cited by 50