First National Bank of Long Prairie v. Department of Commerce

YETKA, Justice.

This appeal presents a question under Minn.Stat. § 47.52 (1982), the “home office protection rule” of Minnesota’s detached banking facilities law. The home office protection rule prohibits establishment of a branch bank in a community of under 10,-000 unless all banks with main offices in the community have provided their written consent.

In this case, the State Bank of Grey Eagle seeks relocation of its main office from Grey Eagle to Long Prairie, a community of under 10,000, and retention of its Grey Eagle facility as a branch. Appellant First National Bank of Long Prairie is…