St. Paul Companies, Inc. v. Hatch

YETKA, Justice.

Is a statute which provides for a trial de novo review by the district court of a decision by the Commissioner of Commerce under Minn.Stat. § 60D.12, subd. 1 (1988) (the Insurance Holding Company Systems Act) constitutional? If so, how should such a review be conducted and what is the scope of the trial court’s authority? Both the trial court and the court of appeals refused to undertake a review of the commissioner’s order under the aforesaid statute and held the statute unconstitutional on its face under article III, section 1 of the Minnesota Constitution.

We reverse both the…