1998 Minnesota Statutes

     554.01 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  The definitions in this 
 section apply to this chapter. 

    Subd. 2.    Government.  "Government" includes a branch, 
 department, agency, official, employee, agent, or other person 
 with authority to act on behalf of the federal government, this 
 state, or any political subdivision of this state, including 
 municipalities and their boards, commissions, and departments, 
 or other public authority. 

    Subd. 3.    Judicial claim; claim.  "Judicial claim" or 
 "claim" includes any civil lawsuit, cause of action, claim, 
 cross-claim, counterclaim, or other judicial pleading or filing 
 seeking damages for an alleged injury.  "Judicial claim" does 
 not include a claim solely for injunctive relief. 

    Subd. 4.    Motion.  "Motion" includes any motion to 
 dismiss, motion for summary judgment, or any other judicial 
 pleading filed to dispose of a judicial claim. 

    Subd. 5.    Moving party.  "Moving party" means any 
 person on whose behalf the motion described in section 554.02, 
 subdivision 1, is filed seeking dismissal of an action under 
 this chapter. 

    Subd. 6.    Public participation.  "Public participation"
 means speech or lawful conduct that is genuinely aimed in whole 
 or in part at procuring favorable government action. 

    Subd. 7.    Responding party.  "Responding party" means 
 any person against whom a motion described in section 554.02, 
 subdivision 1, is filed. 

    HIST: 1994 c 566 s 1