MINNETONKA CON. OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES v. SVEE

No. 45075.

226 N.W.2d 306 (1975)

MINNETONKA CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, INC., Respondent, v. Kenneth B. SVEE, as Director of Inspections and Licenses, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl F. Dever, City Atty., Minnetonka, Clifford G. Nelson, Sp. Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for appellants.

Moore, Costello & Hart, B. Warren Hart and Denis L. Stoddard and J. Patrick Plunkett, St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before PETERSON, MacLAUGHLIN, and YETKA, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment granting plaintiff a peremptory writ of mandamus ordering defendants to issue a conditional-use permit to plaintiff to enable it to construct a church on its property located in the city of Minnetonka. We affirm.

On August 8, 1973, plaintiff filed an application with the city of Minnetonka for a conditional-use permit for the construction of a church and adjacent parking lot...

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