Legal Opinion
Laase v. County of Isanti
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2011No. 10-2896PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
After David Laase’s Minnesota state-court challenge to the forfeiture of his vehicle failed, he brought a lawsuit in federal district court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the forfeiture of his vehicle violated the United States and Minnesota Constitutions. The district court 1 concluded that, as a matter of Minnesota law, Laase’s suit was res judicata and dismissed the case for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. For reasons that follow, we affirm.
Under Minnesota’s statutory forfeiture scheme, a vehicle is subject to forfeiture “if…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hauschildt v. BeckinghamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2004
- Martin Ex Rel. Hoff v. City of RochesterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
- Youngstown Mines Corp. v. ProutSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- Yankton Sioux Tribe v. United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by58 opinions
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