VAN HOOF v. CITY OF BURNSVILLE

No. 48228.

275 N.W.2d 44 (1979)

Thomas C. VAN HOOF, Appellant, v. CITY OF BURNSVILLE, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mansur & Mansur and Daniel B. O'Leary, St. Paul, for appellant.

Grannis & Grannis, Vance V. Grannis, Roger N. Knutson, and Patrick A. Farrell, South St. Paul, for respondents.

Robert M. Wattson, MCLU Volunteer Atty., Patsy D. Reinard, Legal Counsel, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae.

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


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Dakota County discharging a writ of certiorari to the city council of the City of Burnsville. Thomas Van Hoof petitioned for the writ to seek review of the council's decision to uphold an order of the Burnsville city manager terminating Van Hoof as a public safety officer. We reverse.

Van Hoof's termination took place during an ongoing dispute between officers of the Burnsville...

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