Opinion

In Re Hennepin County 1986 Recycling Bond Litigation

  • 540 N.W.2d 494
  • 1995 Minn. LEXIS 947
  • 1995 WL 656815
Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Filed
Nov 9, 1995
Status
Published
Author
Page
On the bench
Stringer, Coyne, Keith
Cited by
125 cases

holding that county could not fail to seek a renewed letter of credit for the purpose of causing a condition precedent to fail, allowing county to redeem bonds prematurely without paying the requisite premium

How later courts described this case

  • holding that county could not fail to seek a renewed letter of credit for the purpose of causing a condition precedent to fail, allowing county to redeem bonds prematurely without paying the requisite premium
  • stating that, “[i]n deciding a motion to dismiss, . . . the court may consider the entire written contract when the complaint refers to the contract and the contract is central to the claims alleged”
  • holding that the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing is read into every Minnesota contract
  • stating that the rights of third-party beneficiaries are measured by the contract terms

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PAGE, Justice

(dissenting).

I join in the dissent of Justice COYNE.

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