Legal Opinion
Koelfgen v. Jackson
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 19, 1973No. 4-71-Civ. 314PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
LARSON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs herein have brought this suit as a class action. They claim to represent various classes of individuals who have been aggrieved by the operation of Minn.Stats. § 197.45, better known as the Veterans’ Preference Law.1 The statute has two major *246provisions.2 Subsection 2 grants an absolute preference to veterans when they are initially appointed to a civil service job (provided they score a passing mark on the civil service examination). Subsection 3 grants a bonus of five points to the score any veteran receives on a promotional…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gurmankin v. CostanzoDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Feinerman v. JonesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Clark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Crowley v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1975
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