Minnesota Hague Convention Law

In re the Marriage of Andrew Jeffery Helmin and Yuemin Xu

<h2> Hastings, Minnesota divorce lawyers represented the husband and wife in a marriage dissolution case involving child custody. </h2> Father and mother married in 2017 and had a child who was born that same year. The parties began dissolution proceedings in 2018. The parties reached a settlement agreement on many issues, but proceeded to trial on childcare placement, intern... More...

$0 (08-26-2024 - MN)

United States of America v. Matthew Scott White

St. Paul, Minnesota arson charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant. On May 28,2020 Matthew Scott White, 31, entered the Enterprise Rent-A-Car building located in St. Paul, Minnesota and started a fire in the back office that completely destroyed the building. White fueled the fire by throwing papers and other flammable items onto the flames. As White exited the building, he to... More...

$0 (06-18-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Yiwei Zheng a/k/a Steve Zheng

Minneapolis, MN - Yiwei Zheng Sentenced To Pay $500,000 Fine For Smuggling Elephant Ivory And Rhinoceros Horns Yiwei Zheng a/k/a Steve Zheng, age 43, was sentenced to intermittent confiement and 150 hours of communication service for smuggling elephant ivory and illegally exporting rhinoceros horns from the United States to China. ZHENG was ordered to pay $500,000 into the Lacey ... More...

$0 (05-09-2016 - MN)

Oakdale Mall Associates v. Cincinnati Insurance Company

Oakdale Mall Associates (Oakdale), a Minnesota limited partnership, and Cincinnati Insurance Company (Cincinnati), an Ohio corporation, dispute whether the commercial property insurance policy Oakdale purchased from Cincinnati covers a loss Oakdale suffered on August 4, 2009. On cross-motions for summary judgment regarding coverage, the district court 1 denied Oakdale's motion for summary judgment... More...

$0 (01-10-2013 - MN)

Joseph H. Whitney v. The Guys, Inc.

Plaintiff Joseph H. Whitney appeals the district court's dismissal of his declaratory judgment, contract, unjust-enrichment, tort, and shareholder claims. Applying a choice-of-law analysis, the district court dismissed the contract and unjust-enrichment claims as barred by a Delaware statute of limitations and dismissed the tort and declaratory judgment claims as derivative of the contract claims.... More...

$0 (11-06-2012 - MN)

Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc. v. Belgrade Steel Tank Company

Appellant, a Tennessee corporation, was sued in strict liability in Montana federal court for injuries resulting from a silo that it sold. The silo was manufactured by respondent, a Minnesota company. Appellant sought common-law indemnity from respondent in Minnesota state court. The district court determined that Montana indemnity law applied and dismissed appellant's indemnity claim. Because cho... More...

$0 (10-22-2012 - MN)

Oscar Caldas v. Affordable Granite & Stone, Inc.

The issue before us is whether appellants, who were employees of a contractor that performed work pursuant to a municipal contract with the City of Minneapolis (City), may recover for the contractor's alleged breach of a prevailing wage provision in the contract. Appellants Oscar Caldas, et al., were employed by respondent Affordable Granite & Stone, Inc. (AGS), to perform work at the Minneapolis ... More...

$0 (09-26-2012 - MN)

Carlos Fernando Vasquez v. Stephanie Jo Colores

Dr. Carlos Colores Vasquez filed a petition to return his twenty-two-month-old daughter, I.R.C., to Mexico pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction (the Convention), implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), 42 U.S.C. Â§11601 et seq. Stephanie Colores, Dr. Colores's estranged wife and mother of I.R.C., opposed the petition. The distric... More...

$0 (08-05-2011 - MN)

Dingxi Longhai Dairy, Ltd. v. Becwood Technology Group

Dingxi Longhai Dairy ("Dingxiâ€) agreed to ship 612 metric tons of Inulin, a dietary fiber extract, to Becwood Technology Group ("Becwoodâ€), a Minnesota distributor. The contract called for four shipments from the port of Tianjin-Xingang, China, to Londonderry, New Hampshire. Becwood received the first two shipments, paid for one, and refused to pay for the second because of mold on the... More...

$0 (02-17-2011 - MN)

Minneapolis Taxi Owners v. City of Minneapolis

In 2006, the City of Minneapolis (the "Cityâ€) amended its taxicab ordinance to uncap the number of transferable taxicab licenses it issues, thereby opening a previously restricted market. The Minneapolis Taxi Owners Coalition (the "Coalitionâ€), a group comprising holders of approximately seventy-five transferable taxicab licenses, sued the City, asserting federal and state constitution... More...

$0 (07-14-2009 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/05/10/043117P.pdf" target="_new">Lester Grovatt v. St. Jude Medical</a>

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (SJM) produced the Silzone prosthetic heart valve. A test conducted by SJM showed a slightly higher risk of paravalvular leaks at the site where the valves were implanted. SJM thereafter recalled all unimplanted Silzone valves. Numerous suits were then filed across the nation, and the cases were later consolidated in Minnesota. On motions by the plaintiffs, the distri... More...

$0 (10-14-2005 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/04/03/023504P.pdf" target="_new">Yohannes Habtemicael v. John D. Ashcroft</a>

Petitioner Yohannes Habtemicael seeks asylum and withholding of deportation, as well as relief under the Convention Against Torture (Convention). The immigration judge denied relief, and the Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed without opinion. Habtemicael appeals. We affirm the denial of asylum and withholding of deportation, but we remand Habtemicael's claim under the Convention for fur... More...

$0 (03-09-2004 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/04/01/023977U.pdf" target="_new">Ana Laura Rodriguez v. John Ashcroft</a>

Ana Laura Rodriguez, a citizen of Guatemala, petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) affirming an Immigration Judge's (IJ's) denial of Rodriguez's application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. After careful review of the record, we deny the petition because the evidence does not compel reversal. See Navarijo-... More...

$0 (01-27-2004 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/02/12/022496P.pdf" target="_new">Robert H. Silverman v. Julie H. Silverman</a>

** Robert Silverman appeals the district court's ruling that his children were not habitual residents of Israel at the time their mother brought them to the United States and that, even if they were, their return to Israel would be denied because doing so would pose a grave risk of harm to them. The issues before us are whether the district court (1) improperly determined that the Silverman c... More...

$0 (12-12-2002 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/01/10/011313U.pdf" target="_new">Arthur Redl v. Northwest Airlines</a>

Dr. Arthur Redl and Marie Redl appealed the dismissal of a personal injury action that arose in connection with an international Northwest Airlines flight. Northwest Airlines challenged the timeliness of the institution of the litigation under the Warsaw Convention and the case was dismissed.... More...

$0 (10-31-2001 - MN)

<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/01/10/004004P.pdf" target="_new">Robert Silverman v. Julie Silverman</a>

Robert Hechter Silverman and Julie Hechter Silverman were married in 1989, and they have two children, ages 6 and 9. In 1995, the Silvermans moved from Poughkeepsie, New York to Plymouth, Minnesota, where they lived until August 1999, when they moved to Israel. In October of that year, the Silvermans filed a voluntary petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court in which they declared under ... More...

$0 (10-04-2001 - MN)