IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE, ETC. v. STATE, D. N. R.

No. 46878.

252 N.W.2d 852 (1977)

IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA ENDOWMENT, INC., Respondent, v. STATE of Minnesota, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Donald J. Paquette, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for appellant.

Popham, Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman & Doty, Raymond A. Haik, and James R. Steilen, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Babcock, Locker, Neilson & Mannella, Anoka, Bruess, Hamerston, Bye & Boyd, James M. Nielsen, Charles H. Andresen and David P. Sullivan, Duluth, George Maloney, Minneapolis (seeking reversal), amicus curiae.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., C. Paul Faraci, Deputy Atty. Gen., Philip J. Olfelt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Steven G. Thorne, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul (seeking affirmance), amicus curiae.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, PETERSON, KELLY, TODD, SCOTT, and STAHLER, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


PER CURIAM.

The State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources (DNR), appeals from a summary judgment entered in district court ordering specific performance by the state of a contract for the purchase of certain real estate owned by plaintiff, Izaak Walton League of America Endowment, Inc. (League).

The factual posture of this case, for the most part stipulated, is uncomplicated. The League owns in fee certain land located in Itasca County, Minnesota...

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