2022 Court Opinions Table
This table was created as part of the revisor’s
2022 Court Opinions Report, required by Minnesota
Statutes, section 3C.04, subdivision 3.
The table lists sections, subdivisions, paragraphs, clauses, and items that were
identified as ambiguous, vague, preempted, constitutionally suspect, or otherwise deficient in opinions of the
Minnesota Supreme Court or Minnesota Court of Appeals filed after September 30, 2020, and before October 1, 2022.
Full summaries of the opinions are included in
the report.
| Statute Citation |
Issue |
Court Opinion |
| Section 3.732,
subdivision 1,
clause (2)
|
Are county officers and employees “persons acting on behalf of the state in an official capacity”
for purposes
of
indemnification under the State Tort Claims Act?
(ambiguity)
|
Walsh v. State
975 N.W.2d 118 (Minn. 2022)
(A20-1083)
|
| Section 103D.311,
subdivision 3
|
Must a county appoint a metropolitan area watershed district manager from nominees on an aggregate
list of
nominees
submitted by cities, or may the county disregard city-submitted nominees and appoint another fairly
representative
watershed district manager?
(ambiguity)
|
City of Circle Pines
v.
County of Anoka
977 N.W.2d 816 (Minn. 2022)
(A20-1637)
|
| Section 103D.545,
subdivision 3
|
When does a civil action arise from or relate to a violation of a watershed district rule?
(ambiguity)
|
Roach v. County of
Becker
962 N.W.2d 313 (Minn. 2021)
(A19-2083)
|
| Section 176.135,
subdivision 1
|
Does the requirement for an employer to “furnish any medical…treatment” reasonably necessary to
treat a
work-related injury conflict with federal law that prohibits the possession of cannabis when the employer would
be
required to pay for the expense of treatment using medical cannabis?
(preemption)
|
Musta v. Mendota
Heights Dental Center
965 N.W.2d 312 (Minn. 2021)
(A20-1551)
|
| Section 177.23,
subdivision 10
|
Under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act, is on-call time for live-in apartment caretakers
compensable as
work
time, or noncompensable as time merely available to work?
(ambiguity)
|
Hagen v. Steven
Scott Management, Inc.
963 N.W.2d 164 (Minn. 2021)
(A19-1224)
|
| Section 245A.03,
subdivision 7,
paragraph (a)
|
Must the commissioner of human services consider certain listed factors when mandatorily revoking
an adult
foster
care license?
(ambiguity)
|
Matter of
Casterton
2022 WL 2912152
(Minn. Ct. App. 2022)
(A21-1393)
|
| Section 260B.198,
subdivision 1,
paragraph (a)
|
Is a juvenile defendant “found to have committed” a misdemeanor when the defendant pleaded guilty,
the case was
continued, and then the case was dismissed following successful completion of the terms of a six-month
probation?
(ambiguity)
|
Matter of Welfare of
A.J.S.
975 N.W.2d 134
(Minn. Ct. App. 2022)
(A21-1046)
|
| Section 278.05,
subdivision 3
|
Does allowed disclosure of assessor’s records with confidential data include disclosure of
nonpublic
income-producing property assessment data?
(ambiguity)
|
G&I IX OIC LLC v.
County of Hennepin
979 N.W.2d 52 (Minn. 2022)
(A21-1493)
|
| Section 363A.11 |
Does the Federal Aviation Act prevent application of the Minnesota Human Rights Act in cases where
an airline
refuses to serve passengers claiming safety concerns?
(preemption)
|
Williams v. Sun
Country, Inc.
2021 WL 855890 (Minn. Ct. App.)
(A20-0936)
|
| Sections 463.15 through
463.261 |
Does the 45-day limit to apply for recovery of costs under Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure apply
to recovery
of
expenses under the Minnesota Hazardous or Substandard Buildings Act?
(ambiguity)
|
City of Hutchinson v.
Shahidullah
2021 WL 4428917
(Minn. Ct. App. 2021)
(A20-1519)
|
| Section 541.051,
subdivision 1,
paragraph (a)
|
Does construction of improvement to real property include only specific types of work completed and
not the
project
as a whole, or does it include all persons whose work is necessary to the entire process of a construction
project
to improve real property?
(ambiguity)
|
Moore v. Robinson
Environmental
954 N.W.2d 277 (Minn. 2021)
(A19-0668)
|
| Section 624.7142,
subdivision 1,
clause (4)
|
Does the meaning of “public place” apply to a person’s motor vehicle or the highway upon which it
is driven?
(ambiguity)
|
State v. Serbus
957 N.W.2d 84 (Minn. 2021)
(A19-1921)
|
| Section 629.292,
subdivision 1,
paragraph (a)
|
Does a speedy trial request under the Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act remain
effective when the
state dismisses the pending charges before the end of the six-month disposition period?
(ambiguity)
|
State v.
Mikell
960 N.W.2d 230 (Minn. 2021)
(A19-0732)
|
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