State Ex Rel. Humphrey v. Alpine Air Products, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• stating that statutory silence regarding a standard of proof “is regarded as a signal that the legislature intended the preponderance of the evidence standard” to apply
• no reliance necessary where court ordered injunctive relief, including restitution, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees
• “Minnesota common law also favors the use of the preponderance of the evidence standard in a civil fraud case. * * * We hold that unless otherwise indicated by the legislature, the standard of proof in all fraud cases is the preponderance of the evidence standard.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).