CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS v. MPRA, ET AL.

Nos. A10-1244, A10-1331.

800 N.W.2d 165 (2011)

CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, Respondent, v. MINNEAPOLIS POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION, ET AL., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

May 31, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford M. Greene , Monte A. Mills , Sybil L. Dunlop , Greene Espel P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN; and John M. LeFevre, Jr. , Peter G. Mikhail , Mary D. Tietjen , Kennedy and Graven Chartered, Minneapolis, MN; and Susan L. Segal , Minneapolis City Attorney, Peter Ginder , Deputy City Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Charles E. Lundberg , Nicole A. Delaney , Bassford Remele, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Karin E. Peterson , Ann E. Walther , Rice, Michels & Walther, LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Robert D. Klausner (pro hac vice), Klausner & Kaufman, P.A., Plantation, FL, for appellants.

Patrick J. Kelly , Trevor S. Oliver , Daniel J. Cragg , Kelly & Lemmons, P.A., St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minneapolis Retired Police Officers' Association.

Caroline Bell Beckman , Mark Gaughan, Erickson, Bell, Beckman & Quinn, Roseville, MN, for amicus curiae International Association of Fire Fighters.

Lawrence P. Schaefer , Douglas L. Micko , Schaefer Law Firm, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, for amici curiae Allen Berryman and Ronald Kastner.

Considered and decided by BJORKMAN, Presiding Judge; STONEBURNER, Judge; and CRIPPEN, Judge.


OPINION

BJORKMAN, Judge.

These appeals involve a dispute between appellants Minneapolis Police Relief Association (MPRA) and Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association (MFRA) and respondent City of Minneapolis over the calculation of retirement and surviving-spouse benefits paid from the associations' funds. Following a bench trial, the district court entered judgment declaring that the associations had improperly calculated benefits, and it granted injunctive...

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