State v. Ruffin

How courts have described this case

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

• theft by swindle statute is intended to proscribe a form of conduct rather than a specific act
• theft by swindle statute is intended to proscribe a form of conduct rather than a specific act
• “[T]he statute punishes any fraudulent scheme, trick, or device whereby the wrongdoer deprives the victim of his money by deceit or betrayal of confidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Olkon
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-08-29· cited 113×
• Damon v. Groteboer
  D. Minnesota· 2013-03-29· cited 54×
• TCI Business Capital, Inc. v. Five Star American Die Casting, LLC, Brian T. Flynn
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2017-01-23· cited 28×
• State v. Lone
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1985-02-08· cited 14×
• State v. Hanson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-11-02· cited 14×
• State v. Flicek
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2003-03-04· cited 13×
• State v. Love
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-06-15· cited 13×
• In re Disciplinary Action Against Bonner
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2017-05-31· cited 12×
• State v. Chryst
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-06-14· cited 11×
• United States v. Brown
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1973-08-30· cited 11×
• State v. Kramer
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1989-06-06· cited 10×
• State v. Rachuy
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-06-08· cited 4×
• City of Farmington Hills Employees Retirement System v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  D. Minnesota· 2013-09-17· cited 4×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1967-06-30· cited 25×
• State v. Kuluvar
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1963-10-04· cited 22×
• McBride v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1952-09-15· cited 22×
• State v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1963-04-05· cited 9×
• State v. Bell
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1968-03-29· cited 5×