Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN v. Phillips Motors Excelsior, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 7, 1970No. 42150PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
The question for decision is the constitutionality of that part of the Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act, Minn. St. 168.66 to 168.77, which imposes liquidated damages, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees, upon a retail automobile seller for his non-willful failure to furnish the retail buyer with a copy of his retail installment contract at the time of its execution.
The title of the Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act (L. 1957, c. 266), 1 as we observed in Van Asperen v. Darling Olds, Inc. 254 Minn. 62, 70, 71, 93 N. W. (2d) 690, 696, 697, reflects a legislative…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. NYE Schneider Fowler Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Van Asperen v. Darling Olds, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. WynneSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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