STATE v. HOPPE

Nos. 44733, 44737 and 44738.

215 N.W.2d 797 (1974)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Vernon HOPPE, Hennepin County Treasurer, Appellant. Robert L. HERBST, Commissioner of Natural Resources, Appellant, v. NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, Respondent. Val BJORNSON, State Treasurer, Appellant, v. Russell W. FRIDLEY, as Director of the Minnesota Historical Society, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Curtis D. Forslund, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Bruce D. Campbell, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Herbst, No. 44737 and Bjornson, No. 44738.

Gary W. Flakne, County Atty., Richard T. Todd, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for Hoppe, No. 44733.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Curtis D. Forslund, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Bruce D. Campbell, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for State in No. 44733.

Harold J. Bagley, Minneapolis, for NSP in No. 44737.

Richard H. Kyle, St. Paul, for Fridley in No. 44738.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.


KNUTSON,* Justice.

These cases involve interpretation of a 1972 amendment to Minn.Const. art. 4, § 1, respecting the time during which the legislature may meet. While there are some issues peculiar to each case, there are overriding issues affecting all so the cases have been considered together in so far as the issues in one case may have a bearing on the determination of issues common...

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