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Minn. Stat. § 115B.01 (2026)

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Sections 115B.01 to 115B.20 may be cited as the "Environmental Response and Liability Act."

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Cited in 15 cases, 1985–2014 · leading case: Soo Line R.R. ex rel. Minnesota v. B.J. Carney & Co., 797 F. Supp. 1472 (D. Minn. 1992).
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Soo Line R.R. ex rel. Minnesota v. B.J. Carney & Co., 797 F. Supp. 1472 (D. Minn. 1992). · cites it 4× “, the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn.Stat. §§ 115B.01 et seq., and the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act (MERA), Minn.”
Werlein v. United States, 746 F. Supp. 887 (D. Minn. 1990). · cites it 2× “, the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (“MERLA”), Minn.Stat. § 115B.01 et seq., and the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act (“MERA”), Minn.”
United States v. Reilly Tar & Chem. Corp., 606 F. Supp. 412 (D. Minn. 1985). · cites it 4× “, and the penalty provision of the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn.Stat. § 115B.01 et seq. (1984). This matter is before this court upon Reilly Tar’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to prevent the accrual of the penalty provisions of…”
Minnesota ex rel. N. Pac. Ctr., Inc. v. BNSF Ry. Co., 686 F.3d 567 (8th Cir. 2012). “The Center sued BNSF under the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn.Stat. § 115B.01 et seq., to recover its costs.”
Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. Reilly Indus., Inc., 215 F.3d 830 (8th Cir. 2000). “, the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MER-LA), Minn.Stat. § 115B.01 et seq., and Minnesota common law.”
Ceridian Corp. v. SCSC Corp, 212 F.3d 398 (8th Cir. 2000). “, and the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn. Stat. 115B.01 et seq. It obtained a judgment against SCSC under both acts for one-third of Ceridian's response and removal costs.”
Musicland Grp., Inc. v. Ceridian Corp., 508 N.W.2d 524 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993). “1 (1990) (a person who undertakes response actions in accordance with a voluntary response action plan approved by the commissioner is not responsible for the release or threatened release unless otherwise responsible under sections 115B.01 to 115B.18). We have concluded that…”
State ex rel. Hatch v. Employers Ins. of Wausau, 644 N.W.2d 820 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002). “With respect to the original statute of limitations provisions, it reads in pertinent part: *827 No person may recover damages pursuant to sections 115B.01 to 115B.15 unless the action is commenced within six years from the date when the cause of action accrues.”
Control Data Corp. v. S.C.S.C. Corp., 53 F.3d 930 (8th Cir. 1995). “, and the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn.Stat. § 115B.01 et seq. Following a bench trial, the District Court 1 found the Schloff defendants — S.”
Gopher Oil Co. v. Union Oil Co. of California, 757 F. Supp. 998 (D. Minn. 1991). “Availability of Attorneys’ Fees Under MERLA MERLA provides that “[u]pon motion of a party prevailing in an action under §§ 115B.01 to 115B.15 the court may award costs, disbursements and reasonable attorney fees and witness fees to that party.”
Ebert v. Gen. Mills, Inc., 48 F. Supp. 3d 1222 (D. Minn. 2014). “§§ 115B.01 to 115B.24.” (Doc. No. 110-1 (emphasis added).”
Union Pac. R.R. v. Reilly Indus., Inc., 4 F. Supp. 2d 860 (D. Minn. 1998). “Under MERLA, “[n]o person may recover pursuant to sections 115B.01 to 115B.15 unless the action is commenced within six years from the date when the cause of action accrues.”
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