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NORDMARKEN v. CITY OF RICHFIELD

No. C6-01-1698.

641 N.W.2d 343 (2002)

Deborah NORDMARKEN, et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF RICHFIELD, Minnesota, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 2, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Goodman, Siegel, Brill, Greupner, Duffy & Foster, P.A., Minneapolis, for appellants.

James J. Thomson, Mary D. Tietjen, Minneapolis, for respondent.

Susan L. Naughton, League of Minnesota Cities, St. Paul, for amicus curiae League of Minnesota Cities.

Andrew D. Parker, Nancy V. Mate, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae Metropolitan Council.

Considered and decided by SHUMAKER, Presiding Judge, HANSON, Judge, and PARKER, Judge.

OPINION

GORDON W. SHUMAKER, Judge.

The district court granted partial summary judgment to respondent municipality, ruling that state law preempts the power of referendum contained in the municipality's home rule charter. Appellant voters challenge that ruling as being contrary to law. Because we have determined that state law preempts local referendum on the subject at issue in this action, we affirm.

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