Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency v. Schrader

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

We granted appellant’s petition for review for the purpose of determining the scope of power of a hearing board proceeding under the Veterans Preference Act, Minn. Stat. § 197.46 (1984). The Court of Appeals held that an ad hoc hearing board proceeding under the Veterans Preference Act had no power, once it found that the employee’s conduct constituted misconduct, to modify the disciplinary sanction proposed by the employer. Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency v. Schrader, 380 N.W.2d 169 (Minn.App.1986). We reverse. We also review the hearing board’s extenuating…