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SOUTHLAND CORP. v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

No. 48901.

279 N.W.2d 822 (1979)

The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, v. The CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, Respondent, The Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Minneapolis, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grossman, Karlins, Siegel & Brill, J. E. Brill, Jr., and Thomas H. Goodman, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Robert J. Alfton, City Atty., and Mary M. Wahlstrand, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for City of Minneapolis.

Holmes, Kircher & Graven, David L. Graven, and John M. LeFevre, Jr., Minneapolis, for The Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Minneapolis.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., and TODD and WAHL, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

The Southland Corporation owns and operates, on a nationwide basis, "7-Eleven" convenience stores. In 1972, it acquired a site from the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Minneapolis (MHRA). It opened its store in 1974 and then sought to install self-service gas pumps which are a permitted use under Minneapolis zoning ordinances. The city council's action in refusing a pump permit...

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