SIGNIFICANT CASES

IVERSON REUVERS has been involved in a number of significant state and federal decisions involving the following areas:

Firefighting

Dahlheimer v. City of Dayton, 441 N.W.2d 534 (Minn. App. 1989)
Frank’s Livestock & Poultry Farm, Inc. v. City of Wells, 431 N.W.2d 574 (Minn. App. 1989)
Woehrle v. City of Mankato, 647 N.W.2d 549 (Minn. App. 2002)

Law Enforcement

Adewale v. Whalen, 21 F. Supp. 2d 1006 (D. Minn. 1998) (broken arm during arrest)
Brown v. City of Bloomington, 280 F. Supp. 2d 889 (D. Minn. 2003) (less lethal shooting)
Eason v. Anoka-Hennepin East Metro Narcotics & Violent Crimes Task Force, 2002 WL 1303023 (D. Minn. 2002) (arrest of drug trafficker for the Hell’s Angels)
Elwood v. Rice County, 423 N.W.2d 671 (Minn. 1988) (seminal case concerning official immunity for law enforcement)
Greiner v. City of Champlin, 27 F.3d 1346 (8th Cir. 1994) (severed tendon during arrest)

Hawkinson v. Anoka County, 2004 WL 2453046 (D. Minn. 2004) (meth-house warrant)
Helseth v. Burch, 258 F.3d 867 (8th Cir. 2001) (en banc) (police pursuit)
Hyatt v. Anoka Police Dept., 691 N.W.2d 824 (Minn. 2005) (scope of dog bite statute limited by reasonable force statute)
In re Scott County Master Docket, 672 F. Supp. 1152 (D. Minn. 1987), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, sub nom., Myers v. Morris, 810 F.2d 1437 (8th Cir. 1987) (landmark civil rights case arising out of the City of Jordan child sex abuse prosecutions)
Kuelbs v. Williams, 609 N.W.2d 10 (Minn. App. 2000) (no cause of action for improper investigation of a report of child abuse)
Kuha v. City of Minnetonka, 365 F.3d 590 (8th Cir. 2003) (use of police dog)
Miskovich v. Independent School Dist. 318, 226 F. Supp. 2d 990 (D. Minn. 2002) (Columbine-type training case)
Nelson v. Wright County, 162 F. 3d 986 (8th Cir. 1998) (shooting)

Scheeler ex rel. Scheeler v. City of St. Cloud, ___ F.3d ___, 2005 WL 724831 (8th Cir. 2005) (no liability for juvenile playing Russian Roulette)

Municipal Law

Anderson v. Anoka-Hennepin Indep. Sch. Dist. 11, 678 N.W.2d 651 (Minn. 2004) (official immunity for teacher – 2004 MDLA Amicus Award)

Block 25 Committee v. City of Walker, 690 N.W.2d 403 (Minn. App. 2005) (sale of alcohol not prohibited within 1,000 feet of a county jail)

Egan v. Briesath, 2002 WL 31926156 (Minn. App. Dec. 31, 2002) (constitutional claims against mayor)
Chiglo v. City of Preston, 909 F. Supp. 675 (D. Minn. 1995) (federal pre-emption for cigarette advertising)
Devescovi v. Ventura, 195 F. Supp. 2d 1146 (D. Minn. 2002) (constitutionality of Minnesota sodomy statute)
Gisslen v. City of Crystal, 345 F.3d 624 (8th Cir. 2003) (Rooker-Feldman doctrine involving takings claim)
Hernandez v. State, 680 N.W.2d 108 (Minn. App. 2004) (federal pre-emption for railroad crossing claim)
In re Appeal of Rocheleau, 686 N.W.2d 882 (Minn. App. 2004) (denial of HRUA’s constitutional challenge to local regulation of individual-sewage-treatment systems)
Ott v. City of Champlin, 80 F.3d 254 (8th Cir. 1996) (immunity for State Human Rights Act)
Peterson v. City of Warba, 2003 WL 22846394 (Minn. App. 2003) (road dedication)
Sabri v. City of Barnum, 657 N.W.2d 201 (Minn. App. 2003) (hazardous building action)
Shimer v. Shingobee Island Water and Sewer Comm’n, 2003 WL 21010951 (D. Minn. April 15, 2003) (civil rights action involving sewer district)
Stead-Bowers v. Langley, 636 N.W.2d 334 (Minn. App. 2002) (malicious prosecution)
Steele v. City of Bemidji, 257 F.3d 902 (8th Cir. 2001) (First Amendment)
Vaa v. Clay County, 2004 WL 2590602 (Minn. App. 2004) (no cause of action for providing inaccurate flood plain information)
Zacharias v. City of Bloomington, 1998 WL 846506 (Minn. App. 1998) (recreation area immunity)

Negligence

Donaldson v YWCA of Duluth, 539 N.W.2d 789 (Minn. 1995) (no duty to prevent suicide)

Planning and Zoning

Carlson v. Chermak, 639 N.W.2d 886 (Minn. App. 2002) (jurisdiction for variance appeal)
Kuhl v. Halquist Farms Inc., 2003 WL 21517361 (D. Minn. June 26, 2003) (civil rights action involving feedlot)
Mertensotto v. Crow Wing County, 2004 WL 1662232 (Minn. App. July 27, 2004) (denial of after-the-fact variance)
Omann v. Stearns County Bd. of Comm’rs, 2004 WL 2094585 (Minn. App. 2004) (denial of preliminary plat)
Overgaard v. Rock County Bd. of Comm’rs, 2003 WL 21744235 (D. Minn. July 25, 2003) (civil rights action involving feedlot)
PTL, LLC v. Chisago County Bd. of Comm'rs, 656 N.W.2d 567 (Minn. App. 2003) (denial of preliminary plat)
Tollefson Dev. Inc. v. City of Elk River, 665 N.W.2d 554 (Minn. App. 2003) (amicus – 60-day rule)
United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc. v. Dodge County Planning Comm’n, 636 N.W.2d 813 (Minn. App. 2001) (CUP for migrant camp)
Yang v. Carver County, 660 N.W.2d 828 (Minn. App. 2003) (denial of CUP for custom slaughterhouse)