Streater & Murphy lawyers have been involved in many notable cases and transactions. Among its reported trials and appeals are:
- Miller v. Miller, 301 Minn. 207, 222 N.W.2d 71 (1974) (Minnesota’s leading case on corporate opportunity)
- Beatty v. Republican Herald Pub. Co., 291 Minn. 34, 189 N.W.2d 182 (1971) (newspaper libel involving public figure)
- Northwest Publications, Inc. v. Anderson, 259 N.W.2d 254 (Minn., 1977) (writ granting newspaper access to court records of criminal proceedings)
- Winona State University Foundation v. County of Winona, 2004 WL 434382 (Minn.Tax., 2004) (real estate tax exemption for student housing)
- Mertes v. Estate of King, 501 N.W.2d 660 (Minn.App., 1993) (conversion of artwork)
- Winona Nat. and Sav. Bank v. Dahlen Transport Co., 256 N.W.2d 469 (Minn., 1977) (collateral estoppel of wrongful death trustee)
- State v. Yaedke, 308 Minn. 345, 242 N.W.2d 601 (1976) (criminal entrapment)
- Brugger v. Brugger, 303 Minn. 488, 229 N.W.2d 131, (1975) (effect of change in age of majority on child support order)
- Olmsted County Concerned Citizens v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 2010 WL 4941663, Minn.App., 2010) (environmental review of proposed ethanol plant)
- Matter of Clarification of an Appropriate Unit, 555 N.W.2d 552, (Minn.App., November 19, 1996) (PELRA bargaining unit determination)
- In re Estate of Magnus, 444 N.W.2d 295 (Minn.App.,1989) (ademption of devise)
- Lanesboro State Bank v. Hennessey, 317 N.W.2d 49 (Minn., 1982) (effect of bankruptcy stay on contract cancellation)
- Fabian v. Sather, 316 N.W.2d 10 (Minn., 1982) (liquidated damages for breach of sale contract)
- Buck v. City of Winona, 271 Minn. 145, 135 N.W.2d 190 (1965) (conveyance of public easement)
Among the firm’s significant transaction representations are:
- Public offerings of shares of a fastener distributor
- Merger of electronics manufacturing companies
- Formation of a bank holding company and merger of subsidiary banks
- Reorganization of health care entities
- Numerous purchases and sales of business assets
- Numerous organizations of business entities
- Numerous financing transactions