Legal Opinion

Abbott v. Commissioner of Public Safety

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided February 17, 2009No. A08-0399PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Amanda Abbott appeals the district court’s revocation of her driver’s license under the implied-consent law on the limited ground that the district court abused its discretion by denying her discovery request. Abbott petitioned the district court to obtain the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000, the device used to measure the alcohol concentration in her breath. Although the district court initially applied an incorrect general standard of “good cause” to the discovery request, the record supports the district court’s findings that Abbott failed to establish relevance,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Thiele v. StichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
  2. American Family Insurance Group v. SchroedlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
  3. Underdahl v. Commissioner of Public SafetySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
  4. Kramer v. Commissioner of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2005

3Cited by1 opinion

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