KOELFGEN v. JACKSON

No. 4-71-Civ. 314.

355 F.Supp. 243 (1972)

Joseph M. KOELFGEN, on behalf of himself and all other non-veterans similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs, v. John JACKSON, Individually and as Director of the Minnesota Civil Service Department, et al., Defendants, and American Legion Department of Minnesota, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

Judgment Affirmed March 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry B. Leventhal, Minneapolis, Minn., Morley Friedman and Collins & Buckley, Delores Orey, St. Paul, Minn., and Sheldon Evidon, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Arvid M. Falk, Asst. City Atty., City of Minneapolis, for defendants Gallagher, Glover, Canfield, Cotsunomiya, and Proctor.

William Young, Asst. Hennepin County Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants Gray, March, Moore, Van Valkenberg, Truax and Hanson.

R. Scott Davies, Asst. Corp. Counsel, City of St. Paul, Minn., for defendants Haiden and Gleason.

John G. Kressel, Minneapolis, Minn., for intervening defendant American Legion Dept. of Minn.

Before STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge, and LARSON and LORD, District Judges.


Judgment Affirmed March 19, 1973. See 93 S.Ct. 1502.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

LARSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs herein have brought this suit as a class action. They claim to represent various classes of individuals who have been aggrieved by the operation of Minn.Stats. § 197.45, better known as the Veterans' Preference Law.1 The statute has two major provisions.

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