Courts of record within their respective jurisdictions shall have power to declare rights, status, and other legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. No action or proceeding shall be open to objection on the ground that a declaratory judgment or decree is prayed for. The declaration may be either affirmative or negative in form and effect; and such declarations shall have the force and effect of a final judgment or decree.
Minn. Stat. § 555.01
COURTS TO CONSTRUE RIGHTS.
Applied in 38 court decisions — leading case Dokmo v. Independent School District No. 11 (1990)
Most recently applied in 380 F. Supp. 3d 911 - Lighthouse Mgmt. Grp., Inc. v. Deutsche Bank Trust Co. of Americas (March 2019)
(9455-1) 1933 c 286 s 1
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