Legal Opinion
In Re the Trust Known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 30, 1981No. 50845, 50879 and 50914PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERSON, Justice.
On this appeal, the third in the course of the litigation concerning the trust known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties, we are asked to review the district court’s order directing the trust to pay attorney fees and expenses of various parties in the total amount of $1,827,212.32. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
The trust known as Great Northern Iron Ore Properties was established in 1906 by Lake Superior Company, Ltd., a partnership comprised of James J. Hill and several associates.1 The trust holds several thousand acres of Minnesota land containing great reserves…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re Trust Known as Great Northern Iron Ore PropertiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- In Re Living Trust Created by AtwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- In Matter of Campbell's TrustsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- Matter of Great Northern Iron Ore PropertiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- City of Minnetonka v. CarlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Softsolutions, Inc. v. Brigham Young UniversityUtah Supreme Court · 2000
- Heller v. First National Bank of Denver, N.A.Colorado Court of Appeals · 1982
- Milgard Tempering, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. Selas Corporation of America, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Matter of Trust Created by HillCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
- Matter of Trusts Created by HormelCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1993
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