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CITIZENS FOR RULE OF LAW v. SEN. COMMITTEE

No. A08-1343.

770 N.W.2d 169 (2009)

CITIZENS FOR RULE OF LAW, et al., Appellants, v. SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES & ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick G. Kaardal, Mohrman & Kaardal, P.A.; Daniel J. Biersdorf, Biersdorf & Associates, Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Kenneth E. Raschke, Jr., Nathan J. Hartshorn, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for respondents.

Considered and decided by KALITOWSKI, Presiding Judge; KLAPHAKE, Judge; and HUDSON, Judge.

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Appellants challenge a district court order dismissing their constitutional challenge to increases in legislative per diem allowances. Because we conclude that the per diem increases did not violate the Minnesota Constitution, we affirm.

FACTS

In 2007, committees in both houses of the Minnesota Legislature approved an increase to the maximum per diem allowance for their members' living expenses, the senate from...

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