MINNESOTA SANDS, LLC v. COUNTY OF WINONA

A18-0090.

940 N.W.2d 183 (2020)

MINNESOTA SANDS, LLC, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF WINONA, Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: March 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher H. Dolan , Bruce G. Jones , Nicholas J. Nelson , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Bethany M. Gullman , Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Jay T. Squires , Elizabeth J. Vieira , Kristin C. Nierengarten , Rupp, Anderson, Squires & Waldspurger, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondent.

Peder A. Larson , Gary A. Van Cleve , Bryan J. Huntington , Sonali J. Garg , Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota and Minnesota Industrial Sand Council.

Scott W. Carlson , Lynn A. Hayes , Lindsay Kuehn , Farmers' Legal Action Group, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and Edward J. Walsh , Walsh, Knippen & Cetina, Chtd., La Crescent, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Land Stewardship Project.

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

Harry N. Niska , Howse & Thompson, P.A., Plymouth, Minnesota; and J. David Breemer , David J. Deerson , Sacramento, California, for amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation.


OPINION

In November 2016, the Winona County Board of Commissioners revised its comprehensive zoning ordinance to prohibit "[i]ndustrial mineral operations" within the county. See Winona County, Minn., Winona County Zoning Ordinance (WCZO) § 9.10.2 (2016). The ordinance...

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