Legal Opinion
Welsh v. City of Orono
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided August 31, 1984No. C3-83-699, C2-83-1276PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEY, Justice.
The City of Orono denied C. Rex Welsh’s (Welsh) application for a conditional use permit to dredge a portion of the bed of Lake Minnetonka adjoining the Welsh residence. Welsh filed this action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. 1 The trial court granted Welsh summary judgment on the ground that Orono lacked jurisdiction to regulate lakebed dredging. The court ruled any Orono regulation of dredging was void and further ordered Orono to stop “interfering with” Welsh’s dredging and his proposal to construct a permanent dock and to riprap the shoreland adjoining the…
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