Legal Opinion · Dissent
In Re the Complaint Regarding the Annexation of a Portion of the Service Territory of People's Cooperative Power Ass'n
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided May 14, 1991No. C1-90-2485, C1-90-2499Published
1DissentDavies, Judge
I respectfully dissent.
This case presents a problem of statutory interpretation. At issue is the meaning of Minn.Stat. § 216B.44 (1986) which concerns the right of municipal electric utilities to extend service to areas annexed to the city. That section found its way into Minnesota statutes in 1974 as part of a bill for utility regulation put together by the invester-owned utilities, the Rural Electric Associations (REAs), and the League of *531Minnesota Municipalities.1 Each interest endorsed the bill’s adoption by the legislature.2 The League of Minnesota Municipalities dominated the shaping of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Arvig Telephone Co. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Vadnais v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1984
- In re the Complaint by Kandiyohi Cooperative Electric Power Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990