Legal Opinion
Tracy v. Streater/Litton Industries
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 7, 1979No. 49322, 49182 and 49555PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OTIS, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals in three cases challenging the constitutionality of Minn.St. 176.021, subd. 3, as amended by L.1974, c. 486, § 1. The cases were presented and argued together.
The common and important issue, not argued below, is whether the statute unconstitutionally interferes with employer-insurer due process rights by providing that permanent partial disability benefits are payable concurrently with temporary or permanent total. The other issues, unique to the separate cases, will be stated with their…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Central Railroad Company v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Arizona Employers' Liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Breimhorst v. BeckmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Lee v. DelmontSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
- Schwartz v. TalmoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Tri-State Ins. Co. of Minn. v. BoumaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
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