Cefis v. Cefis

OPINION

SHORT, Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether the exemption privilege should reach beyond trial testimony to protect nonresident witnesses who in good faith enter this state to give deposition testimony.

FACTS

Eugenio Cefis (Cefis) is an Italian citizen living in Switzerland. He does not live in Minnesota, and claims not to conduct business, advertise, or ship goods into Minnesota. Cefis is the sole shareholder of a Swiss corporation, Cohor Holding Company, Ltd. (Co-hor), which owns a minority interest in a Minnesota company, Columbia Investments Corp. (Columbia).

Cohor and another…