WINBERG v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Nos. CX-91-2009, C3-91-2224 and CX-91-2009.

499 N.W.2d 799 (1993)

Roger L. WINBERG, Respondent, George Martin, Jr., Respondent, v. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Petitioner, Appellant, Commissioner of Veterans Affairs, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark B. Rotenberg, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and Karen G. Schanfield and Penelope J. Phillips, St. Paul, for U of M.

Gayle Gaumer, Thomas Bennett Wilson, III, Edina, for George Martin, Jr.

Hubert H. Humphrey, Atty. Gen., Bernard E. Johnson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for Comm. of Veterans Affairs and Roger Winberg.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

The issue in this consolidated appeal is whether the University of Minnesota is a "political subdivision" of the state to which the Veterans Preference Act, specifically Minn.Stat. §§ 197.455 and 197.46 (1990), applies. After over eighty years of non-application of the Act to the University of Minnesota, we are asked to examine and determine the validity of the University's claimed exemption from...

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