Bauer v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that the urgent public policy considerations in Carradine are not applicable to an administrative personnel matter
• holding government supervisors not entitled to absolute privilege for allegedly defamatory statements made in the context of an administrative personnel matter
• declining to extend absolute privilege to mid-level state employees acting in their official capacities
• declining to extend absolute privilege to mid-level state employees acting in their official capacities
• “The test for actual malice is whether the defamatory statement was made ‘from ill will and improper motives, or causelessly and wantonly for the purpose of injuring the plaintiff.’”
• actual malice defeats qualified privilege and is “generally” fact issue for jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bahr v. Boise Cascade Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-06-25· cited 107×
• Gleason v. Metropolitan Council Transit Operations
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-07-30· cited 65×
• Bol v. Cole
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-03-13· cited 62×
• Kellar v. VonHoltum
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1997-08-26· cited 49×
• Zutz v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2010-09-09· cited 26×
• Minnwest Bank Central v. Flagship Properties LLC
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2004-12-07· cited 24×
• Michael Harlow v. State of Minnesota Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2016-08-10· cited 21×
• Wallin v. Minnesota Department of Corrections
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1999-08-03· cited 14×
• Minke v. City of Minneapolis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-04-09· cited 12×
• BD. OF REGENTS OF U OF M v. Reid
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-09-30· cited 10×
• Diver v. Peterson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-11-29· cited 7×
• Carter v. Peace Officers Standards & Training Board
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1997-01-14· cited 6×
• Guzhagin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  D. Minnesota· 2008-07-24· cited 6×
• Moore v. Hoff
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2012-08-20· cited 5×
• Bolton v. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES, STATE
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1995-03-29· cited 3×
• Carter v. Peace Officers Standards & Training Board
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1996-07-10· cited 2×
• Fieno v. State
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1997-08-19· cited 1×
• Dorn v. Peterson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1994-03-08
• Kempen v. Town of Middletown
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-01-15

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stuempges v. Parke, Davis & Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 279×
• Elwood v. County of Rice
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1988-05-06· cited 212×
• Rico v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1991-06-21· cited 168×
• Pletan v. Gaines
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-12-31· cited 156×
• Wirig v. Kinney Shoe Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-10-19· cited 134×
• Frankson v. Design Space International
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-10-10· cited 69×
• Johnson v. Dirkswager
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-01-15· cited 63×
• McKenzie v. William J. Burns International Detective Agency, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1921-06-24· cited 38×
• Carradine v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-02-04· cited 34×
• Freier v. Independent School District No. 197
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1984-10-23· cited 24×