Zutz v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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

• when deciding whether to extend absolute privilege to lower-level governmental officials such as members of a watershed district board, we examined broader public policy considerations, including whether the official is elected

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• SCI Minnesota Funeral Services, Inc. v. Washburn-McReavy Funeral Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2011-03-30· cited 49×
• Cruz-Guzman v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-07-25· cited 30×
• Ernst v. Hinchliff
  D. Minnesota· 2015-09-08· cited 24×
• Michael Harlow v. State of Minnesota Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2016-08-10· cited 21×
• LaVonne Pfeil, Individually and as Trustee for Heirs of Henry Pfeil v. St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession of Worthington, Nobles County, Minnesota
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2016-04-06· cited 14×
• Abrahamson v. St. Louis County School District
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-08-10· cited 13×
• Richard H. Tholen, M.D. v. Assist America, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-07-31· cited 12×
• Minke v. City of Minneapolis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-04-09· cited 12×
• Burt v. Rackner, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2017-10-11· cited 12×
• Sec. Bank & Trust Co. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2018-06-27· cited 7×
• Engstrom v. Whitebirch, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2019-07-31· cited 6×
• Michael Harlow v. State of Minnesota Department of Human Services
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2015-04-27· cited 4×
• Lifespan of Minnesota, Inc. v. Minneapolis Public Schools Independent School District 1
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2014-01-13· cited 2×
• Olson v. Lesch
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2019-07-01· cited 2×
• Jerry Expose, Jr. v. Thad Wilderson & Associates, P.A., Nina Mattson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2016-11-30· cited 1×
• Jerry Expose, Jr. v. Thad Wilderson & Associates, P.A., Nina Mattson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2017-01-09
• Thaleaha McBee v. Team Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2025-10-29

Cites

31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tenney v. Brandhove
  Supreme Court· 1951-05-21· cited 1,470×
• Barr v. Matteo
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-29· cited 1,312×
• Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-16· cited 891×
• Gregoire v. Biddle
  Second Circuit· 1949-10-24· cited 876×
• Bogan v. Scott-Harris
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-03· cited 706×
• Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-07-03· cited 289×
• Hawkins v. Harris
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-07-27· cited 114×
• Bodah v. Lakeville Motor Express, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-06-26· cited 88×
• State v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-10-08· cited 87×
• Oanes v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-09-14· cited 84×
• Matthis v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1954-11-26· cited 72×
• Johnson v. Dirkswager
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-01-15· cited 63×
• Mills v. Denny
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1954-03-09· cited 53×
• Moreno v. Crookston Times Printing Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-05-18· cited 48×
• Costanzo v. Gaul
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1980-04-30· cited 47×
• Farmington Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Fischer Sand & Aggregate, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-03-30· cited 45×
• Carradine v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-02-04· cited 34×
• Sanchez v. Coxon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1993-05-20· cited 30×
• Bauer v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-02-04· cited 26×
• Noble v. Ternyik
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-09-05· cited 24×