Section 504B

Citation: Section 504B
Parent Document: Cent. Hous. Assocs., LP v. Olson, 929 N.W.2d 398 (2019)
Jurisdiction: Minnesota (state)
Effective Date: 2019-06-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8288834/cent-hous-assocs-lp-v-olson/ ↗

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The majority suggests that comparing the words used in Min. Stat. § 504B.441 with those in Minn. Stat. § 504B.285 is only permissible if section 504B.441 is ambiguous. I agree that the canon of in pari materia is available only if the statute is ambiguous. As detailed above, in my view, the word "complaint" unambiguously mean a civil complaint in a tenant-remedies action. That the Legislature, in a related statute, used a different word to refer to a different thing only buttresses that conclusion; it is not the basis for the conclusion. But if, as the majority concludes, section 504B.441 were ambiguous, a comparison with section 504B.285 would dispel any ambiguity. --- 040dissent by Anderson ---

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