Legal Opinion

Lickteig v. Kolar

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 27, 2010No. A09-1728PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MAGNUSON, Chief Justice.

Appellant Mary Lickteig sued her brother, appellee Robert Kolar, Jr., in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota for sexual abuse and battery allegedly committed during their childhood, between approximately 1974 and 1977. The district court dismissed the case sua sponte, concluding that Lickteig did not state a cause of action, and Lick-teig appealed. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals certified three questions to this court: (1) whether Minnesota law recognizes a cause of action by one sibling against another sibling for “sexual abuse”…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Emery v. EmeryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Johnson v. MorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990
  3. Balts v. BaltsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  4. Silesky Ex Rel. Silesky v. KelmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
  5. Dalton v. Dow Chemical Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1968

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3Cited by8 opinions

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  5. Lickteig v. KolarCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2010

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