Legal Opinion

Application of Christenson

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 24, 1987No. C5-86-332PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WAHL, Justice.

This case arises under Minnesota’s public waters and wetlands legislation, Minn.Stat. § 105.39 (1986), 105.391 (1986) and related statutes, and concerns the denial of a permit to drain a protected wetland. Allard Christenson is requesting this court’s review of a court of appeals’ decision affirming the Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter, DNR) order rejecting his application to drain wetland 47-219 located on his 360-acre farm. 1 We affirm the decision of the court of appeals and order of the commissioner denying the permit.

The Minnesota State Legislature, in…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Walker v. City of HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Contos v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1979
  5. Crookston Cattle Co. v. Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. St. Paul Companies, Inc. v. HatchSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
  2. Commissioner of Natural Resources v. Nicollet County Public Water/Wetlands Hearings UnitCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2001
  3. Plocher v. Commissioner of Public SafetyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2004
  4. Drum v. Minnesota Board of Water & Soil ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1998
  5. Smith v. City of OwatonnaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1990

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