Milkovich v. Saari

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, in the context of civil tort actions, Minnesota courts will look to the “better rule of law” rather than lex loci, the law of the place
• “basically this test relates to consensual transactions where people should know in advance what law will govern their act”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

108 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Allstate Insurance v. Hague
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-02· cited 549×
• Bishop v. Florida Specialty Paint Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-10-23· cited 244×
• Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Astraea Aviation Services, Inc., Doing Business as Dalfort Aviation, a Texas Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-05-28· cited 120×
• Jill Nesladek, as Trustee for Heirs and Next of Kin of Jeremy J. Nesladek, Decedent v. Ford Motor Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-01-26· cited 104×
• Sutherland v. Kennington Truck Service, Ltd
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1997-05-13· cited 101×
• Jepson v. General Casualty Co. of Wisconsin
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-03-25· cited 99×
• Myers v. Government Employees Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-12-27· cited 85×
• Hague v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-08-31· cited 77×
• Nodak Mutual Insurance Co. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-01-13· cited 72×
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Bionics Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2001-06-26· cited 66×
• Women of the State v. Gomez
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-12-15· cited 65×
• Paul v. National Life
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-01-12· cited 60×
• Hime v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-08-17· cited 59×
• Chambers v. Dakotah Charter, Inc.
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1992-06-03· cited 57×
• United States Fire Insurance v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-11-30· cited 55×
• Surgidev Corp. v. Eye Technology, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1986-11-17· cited 47×
• In re Baycol Products Litigation
  D. Minnesota· 2003-09-17· cited 47×
• Milbank Mutual Insurance Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-04-01· cited 43×
• Davis v. Furlong
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1983-01-07· cited 42×
• Superior Edge, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.
  D. Minnesota· 2013-08-09· cited 38×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Babcock v. Jackson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-05-09· cited 756×
• Clark v. Clark
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1966-08-31· cited 164×
• Wilcox v. Wilcox
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1965-03-05· cited 159×
• Balts v. Balts
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1966-04-01· cited 105×
• McSwain v. McSwain
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-01-04· cited 95×
• Dym v. Gordon
  New York Court of Appeals· 1965-07-09· cited 90×
• Kopp v. Rechtzigel
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1966-04-01· cited 27×
• Kell v. Henderson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1966-06-03· cited 22×
• Kell v. Henderson
  New York Supreme Court· 1965-10-20· cited 21×
• Schneider v. Nichols
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1968-04-19· cited 18×
• Bolgrean v. Stich
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1972-03-17· cited 11×
• Allen v. Gannaway
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1972-06-30· cited 5×
• State v. Olson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1972-03-31· cited 4×
• Arbuthnot v. Allbright
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1970-12-15· cited 2×
• Larson v. D. & G. Farms, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1987-10-06· cited 1×