State v. Rainer

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that judicial dictum is entitled to “much greater weight than mere obiter dictum and should not be lightly disregarded”
• explaining that dicta can “be[] strengthened and acquire[] additional weight by reason of . . . recognition and repetition”
• stating that “even though a case might have been decided on another theory it does not render what was said in the court’s opinion ‘obiter dictum’ if what was said bears directly upon the theory upon which the decision proceeded and upon an issue of law treated as decisive”
• “Of course, a ruling not necessary to the decision of a case can be regarded as only dictum.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• discussing obiter and judicial dicta

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Chomnarith
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-01-02· cited 37×
• Lee v. Arrowood
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-11-22· cited 31×
• In Re Estate of Bush
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1974-11-22· cited 27×
• Dickhoff ex rel. Dickhoff v. Green
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2013-05-31· cited 21×
• Steven J. Jaeger v. Palladium Holdings, LLC, Franklin Financial, LLC
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2016-08-31· cited 20×
• State v. Fleming
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2006-12-12· cited 16×
• State ex rel. Searles v. Tahash
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1965-05-21· cited 15×
• State Ex Rel. Department of Natural Resources v. Hess
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-07-29· cited 14×
• Wheeler v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-03-21· cited 12×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-04-25· cited 9×
• Brink v. Smith Companies Construction, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2005-09-27· cited 7×
• State v. Hartman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1965-07-30· cited 7×
• State v. Heinonen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-03-28· cited 6×
• Brittany Ann Lelm, by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, Karen Lelm v. The Mayo Foundation, a Minnesota Corporation St. Mary's Hospital
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-02-02· cited 4×
• John Ward Gillman Engraved June 20, 1775 Copper Printing Plate v. Heritage Auctions, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2011-11-07· cited 1×
• State v. Atwood
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2018-04-30· cited 1×
• Ellis v. Doe
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2018-05-07· cited 1×
• Brittany Lelm v. Mayo Foundation
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-02-02
• Soares v. Continental Motors, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-12-17
• State v. Weyaus
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2013-09-03

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Thompson v. City of Louisville
  Supreme Court· 1960-03-21· cited 801×
• Hawks v. Hamill
  Supreme Court· 1933-01-09· cited 188×
• Sproul v. Gambone
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1940-07-16· cited 14×
• Gasser v. Spalding
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1925-10-16· cited 14×
• State v. Nobles
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1951-04-13· cited 8×
• In re the paper-writings purporting to be the last will & testament & codicil thereto of Chadwick
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1912-02-27· cited 8×
• National Bank of Oxford v. Whitman
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York· 1896-08-18· cited 8×
• Goodson v. United States
  D. Minnesota· 1957-05-04· cited 6×