Legal Opinion
Sartori v. Harnischfeger Corp.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 2, 1988No. C7-88-756PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Justice.
The United States District Court, pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 480.061 (1986), certified the following questions to this court:
1. Whether the equipment at issue in these cases constitutes an “improvement to real property” within the meaning of Minn. Stat. § 541.051 (1980); and
2. Whether application to these cases of the 15-year statute of limitations set forth in Minn.Stat. § 541.051 (1980) is an unconstitutional violation of the remedies clause (art. 1, § 8), and of the due process clause (art. 1, § 7) of the Minnesota Constitution.
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In its order dated March 30 and filed April…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Silver v. SilverSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Thompson-Yaeger, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- William R. Jewson v. Mayo ClinicCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Calder v. City of CrystalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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