Legal Opinion

Lyon Financial Services, Inc. v. Waddill

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided April 17, 2001No. CX-00-1662PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

G. BARRY ANDERSON, Judge.

This breach of contract action stems from appellant’s lease of certain equipment from respondent. Appellant challenges the district court’s dismissal of appellant’s motion to vacate a Minnesota default judgment. The district court dismissed the motion based on the purported collateral-estoppel effect of a California court’s dismissal of appellant’s separate motion to vacate a sister-state judgment, which was based on the original Minnesota default judgment. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

This dispute arose from an equipment lease entered between respondent Lyon…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Thiele v. StichSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
  3. Durfee v. DukeSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Baldwin v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Bode v. Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Wong v. Minnesota Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  2. Burns v. Bank of AmericaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
  3. Bremer Business Finance Corp. v. Dorsey & Whitney LLP (In Re SRC Holding Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Minnesota · 2006
  4. Minneapolis Community Development Agency v. Dennis Buchanan Robert Bonynge Gerald L. Buchanan Broadway Visuals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
  5. Minneapolis Comm. v. Dennis BuchananCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001

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