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MINN. VIKINGS FOOTBALL CLUB v. METRO. COUNCIL

No. 50599.

289 N.W.2d 426 (1979)

MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOOTBALL CLUB, INC., and Michael E. Lynn, III, Respondent, and The City of Minneapolis, intervenor, Respondent, v. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, Respondent, Piper, Jaffrey & Hopwood, Inc., Respondent, Nicholas D. Coleman, et al., Petitioner, Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosen & Ballenthin, St. Paul, for Coleman et al.

Hyman Edelman and William Z. Pentelovitch, Minneapolis, for Minn. Vikings Football Club, Inc., et al.

Jerome R. Jallo, Minneapolis, for The City of Minneapolis.

Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, for Metropolitan Council.

Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, for Piper, Jaffrey & Hopwood, Inc.

Wayne H. Olson, Minneapolis, for Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commn.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

On May 21, 1979, the legislature of the State of Minnesota concluded many years of legislative debate about the construction of a domed stadium in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area by its action amending the 1977 Metropolitan Sports Facility Act codified at Minn.Stat. §§ 473.551 to 473.595 (1978). 1979 Minn. Laws, ch. 203, §§ 1-16, effective May 26, 1979.

Earlier legislation had repealed the 2% metropolitan...

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