Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Sewer Board v. Thiss
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 28, 1972No. 43278PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, Justice.
The Metropolitan Sewer Board (MSB) appeals from a judgment of the district court determining that MSB’s exercise of eminent domain was not authorized by law. MSB initiated the proceedings by petitioning the district court to acquire temporary construction easements, permanent easements and a perpetual right-of-way through certain parcels of land to build a sewer system in the Lake Minnetonka area. A portion of the proposed sewer line would cross five fairways of the Minnetonka Country Club Association, Inc. The club persuaded the district court that the taking of its property…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Head v. PaulsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
- Brazil v. County of SibleySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- Northern States Power Co. v. OslundSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- State v. ChristopherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- City of Austin v. WrightSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Duluth v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- County of Blue Earth v. StauffenbergSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- City of Shakopee v. Minnesota Valley Electric CooperativeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
- City of Pipestone Ex Rel. Spannaus v. HalbersmaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- City of New Prague, County of Scoot v. HendricksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
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