JOHNSON v. CARLSON

No. C2-92-1429.

507 N.W.2d 232 (1993)

Douglas J. JOHNSON, et al., Respondents, v. Arne H. CARLSON, Governor of Minnesota, et al., Petitioner, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Richard S. Slowes, Asst. Sol. Gen., St. Paul, for appellants.

Thomas L. Fabel, Randy G. Gullickson, Minneapolis, for respondents.

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


SIMONETT, Justice.

We conclude the governor's line item veto in this case was properly and constitutionally invoked and reverse the contrary ruling of the court of appeals.

This declaratory judgment action challenges the constitutionality of Governor Arne H. Carlson's veto of a 1991 law assigning revenue from a taconite tax increase to a new higher education program on Minnesota's Iron Range. Plaintiff-respondents are parties having an interest in the higher...

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