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William Mitchell Law Review

Volume 3, Issue 1 (1977)

Articles

Release of Joint Tortfeasors: Use of the Pierringer Release in Minnesota
John E. Simonett

The 1975 Amendments to the Minnesota Rules of Discovery
William B. Danforth

Adoptive Admissions in Minnesota: The Duplessie Rule [State v. Duplessie, 304 Min. 417, 231 N.W.2d 548 (1975)]

Obviousness of Product Dangers as a Bar to Recovery: Minnesota Apparently Adopts the Latent-Patent Doctrine [Halvorson v. American Hoist & Derrick Co., ___ Minn. ___, 240 N.W.2d 303 (1976)]

Administrative Law—The Occupational Licensing Act—Act of Apr. 9, 1976, ch. 222, 1976 Minn. Laws 722

Commercial Law—Equitable Estoppel and the U.C.C. Statute of Frauds—Sacred Heart Farmers Cooperative Elevator v. Johnson, 305 Minn. 324, 232 N.W.2d 921 (1975); Del Hayes & Sons, Inc. v. Mitchell, 304 Minn. 275, 230 N.W.2d 588 (1975)

Commercial Law—The U.C.C. and Disclaimer of Consequential Damages—Cambern v. Hubbling, ___ Minn. ___, 238 N.W.2d 622 (1976); Kleven v. Geigy Agricultural Chemicals, 303 Minn. 320, 227 N.W.2d 566 (1976)

Corporations—Fiduciary Duty to Creditors—Swanson v. Tomlinson Lumber Mills, Inc., ___ Minn. ___, 239 N.W.2d 216 (1976)

Corporations—Piercing the Corporate Veil—Manufacturers Building, Inc. v. Heller, ___ Minn. ___, 235 N.W.2d 825 (1975)

Domestic Relations—Alienation of Affections—Gorder v. Sims, ___ Minn. ___, 237 N.W.2d 67 (1975)

Domestic Relations—Fault in Marriage Dissolution—Peterson v. Peterson, ___ Minn. ___, 242 N.W.2d 103 (1976)

Land Use Planning—The Metropolitan Land Use Planning Act—Act of Apr. 2, 1976, ch. 127, 1976 Minn. Laws 292

Torts—Strict Liability for Abnormally Dangerous Activities—Ferguson v. Northern States Power Co., ___ Minn. ___, 239 N.W.2d 190 (1976)

Notes

Minnesota Defamation Law and the Constitution: First Amendment Limitations on the Common Law Torts of Libel and Slander

The Minnesota Recreational Use Statute: A Preliminary Analysis

Recusal of Federal District Court Judges and the "Supervisory Power" Doctrine

Standard and Burden of Proof in Mental Commitment and Release Proceedings

Editors

Editor-in-Chief: David J. Allen
Editors: Mary J. Bjorklund; Allen E. Christy /dd>; Kendra L. Gowdy; Cheryl L. Grasmoen; Joan M. Hackel; David F. Herr; Daniel P. O'Keefe; Dennis J. Trooien