Legal Opinion

Portlance v. Golden Valley State Bank

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 8, 1987No. CX-86-1315PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COYNE, Justice.

Golden Valley State Bank appeals from the order denying its motion for summary judgment and certifying the following question as important and doubtful:

Does the two-year limitations period of Minn.Stat. 541.07(5) or the six-year limitations period of Minn.Stat. 541.05, subd. 1(1) govern in a Pine River wrongful discharge case?

On March 26, 1981, Jack Portlance, an assistant vice president and loan officer, was summarily discharged after almost 10 years of service with the bank. Almost three years later, on or about February 10, 1984, Portlance instituted this action alleging…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Pine River State Bank v. MettilleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  2. Wild v. RarigSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
  3. Roaderick v. Lull Engineering Company, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
  4. Zeller v. Prior Lake Public SchoolsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961
  5. H. KOHOUT v. Shakopee Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1968

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  5. McDaniel v. United Hardware Distributing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1991

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