Legal Opinion
In Re 1994 & 1995 Shoreline Improvement Contractor Licenses of Landview Landscaping, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided April 23, 1996No. C9-95-2317PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
A shoreline improvement contractor appeals an administrative decision upholding the watershed district’s power to license and determining that the conditions imposed on the licenses were reasonable and that the procedures followed did not violate due process. Because the watershed district lacked express or implied statutory authority to license the contractor, we reverse.
FACTS
Stephen Spartz owns Landview Landscaping, a Minnesota corporation that performs “riprap” work. Riprapping is a procedure to add rock and foundation material to the shoreline to protect it from…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Humphrey v. Northern States Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- The Alexander Co. v. City of OwatonnaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
- Lenz v. Coon Creek Watershed DistrictSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Spurck v. Civil Service BoardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Northern States Power Co. v. Minnesota Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1984
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Dean v. City of WinonaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2014
- C AND R STACY, LLC v. County of ChisagoCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2007
- Landview Landscaping, Inc. v. Minnehaha Creek Watershed DistrictCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
- Minch v. Buffalo-Red River Watershed DistrictCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2006