Case Name: Mary LICKTEIG, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Robert KOLAR, Jr., Defendant/Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-06-07
Citations: 378 F. App'x 589
Docket Number: No. 08-2949
Parties: Mary LICKTEIG, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Robert KOLAR, Jr., Defendant/Appellee.
Judges: Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, EBEL and CLEVENGER , Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 378
Pages: 589–589

Head Matter:
Mary LICKTEIG, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Robert KOLAR, Jr., Defendant/Appellee.
No. 08-2949.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: May 14, 2009.
Filed: June 7, 2010.
Richard D. Casey, Ryland Deinert, Dana Van Beek Palmer, Lynn & Jackson, Sioux Falls, SD, for Plaintiff/Appellant.
John Eugene Mack, Mack & Daby, New London, MN, for Defendant/Appellee.
Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, EBEL and CLEVENGER , Circuit Judges.
The Honorable David M. Ebel, United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation.
The Honorable Raymond C. Clevenger III, United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
On September 17, 2009, this Court issued an "Order for Certification of Questions of State Law," Lickteig v. Kolar, Jr., No. 08-2949 (8th Cir. Sept. 17, 2009) to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota certifying three questions of Minnesota state law to that Court. On May 27, 2010, the Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion answering those three questions. Lickteig v. Kolar, 782 N.W.2d 810 (Minn.2010).
On the basis of the answers provided by the Minnesota Supreme Court in this matter, the district court order this case is REVERSED and this matter is REMANDED to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota for further proceedings consistent with our Order of Certification and the Supreme Court's opinion answering the certified questions presented to it.