Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of Health

705 N.W.2d 181 (2005)

HY-VEE FOOD STORES, INC., Appellant,

v.

MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Respondent.

No. A04-548.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 27, 2005.

Michael R. Drysdale, Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Michael A. Hatch, MN Atty. Gen., Kristen M. Olsen, Audrey Kaiser Manka, Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

George Green, Vice President, Gen. Counsel, Food Marketing Institute, Washington, DC, John P. Borger, Faegre & Benson., L.L.P., Minneapolis, for amici curiae.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

Respondent…