Legal Opinion

Improvement of County Ditch No. 86, Branch 1 v. Phillips

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided May 10, 2001No. C7-99-2051, C4-99-2105PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

LANCASTER, Justice.

This case presents the issue of whether landowners have standing to assert a benefits and damages appeal pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 103E.091 (2000) of the drainage code when their appeal concerns the benefits and damages determinations only of lands not owned by them. The district court dismissed appellants’ benefits appeal and the court of appeals affirmed, holding that appellants had no standing to challenge the benefits to only nonowned lands. We reverse and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

On September 23, 1997, the Blue Earth County Board,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Humphrey v. Philip Morris Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
  2. State v. LogeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
  3. Lenz v. Coon Creek Watershed DistrictSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
  4. Annandale Advocate v. City of AnnandaleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  5. Care Institute, Inc.-Roseville v. County of RamseySupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. McCaughtry v. City of Red WingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
  2. Alliance for Metropolitan Stability v. Metropolitan CouncilCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003
  3. Hanson v. WoolstonCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2005
  4. In Re the Estate of JothamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2006
  5. Sec. Bank & Trust Co. v. Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2018

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