GORECKI v. RAMSEY COUNTY

No. C1-87-1570.

437 N.W.2d 646 (1989)

Delroy GORECKI, et al., Petitioners, Respondents-Appellants, v. RAMSEY COUNTY, Relator-Respondent, Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg M. Corwin, St. Louis Park, for Delroy Gorecki, et al.

David C. McDonald, Diana J. Vance-Bryan, St. Paul, for Ramsey County.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Merwin Peterson, Sp. Asst., St. Paul, for Commissioner of Veterans Affairs.

Amicus Curiae:

James B. Lund, Minneapolis, amicus curiae, for Veterans of Foreign Wars.

James Bares, Minneapolis, amicus curiae, for Hennepin County.

Thomas Grundhoefer and Margaret J. Addicks, St. Paul, amicus curiae for League of Mn. Cities & Ass'n of Mn. Counties.

Eric J. Magnuson, Mary C. Cade, Minneapolis, amicus curiae for American Legion.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


COYNE, Justice.

Appellants Delroy Gorecki, Harry Gregg and Paul Lindholm, all honorably discharged veterans and Assistant Ramsey County Attorneys, obtained further review of a decision of the court of appeals reversing the Commissioner of Veterans Affairs' determination and concluding that the 1986 reclassification of the three individuals' positions from Attorney IV to Attorney III did not constitute a "removal" within the meaning of the Veterans Preference Act,...

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