Twin Cities Metropolitan Public Transit Area v. Holter

Considered and decided by the court en banc.

Defendant appeals from the trial court’s decision upholding the constitutionality of part of Minn. St. 473.413, subd. 6. Defendant contends the entire subdivision should be declared unconstitutional. We dismiss the appeal.

Plaintiff, Twin Cities Metropolitan Public Transit Area, is. a public corporation and political subdivision of the state, which acts by and through its governing body, the Twin Cities Area Metropolitan Transit Commission (MTC). It owns and operates a public transit system which serves more than 50 percent of the persons using…