Legal Opinion
Alevizos v. Metropolitan Airports Commission
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 26, 1982No. 51059PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
This is an appeal by residents near the St. Paul-Minneapolis International Airport from a district court order and judgment denying a writ of mandamus for inverse condemnation of an “avigational easement.” While we find that the trial court properly followed the procedures and the standard for this kind of proceeding, we also conclude that petitioners were deprived of a jury trial, which they had not waived, and, therefore, a new trial is necessary.
The case began in 1970 as a class action against the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) for inverse condemnation, when…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Alevizos v. Metropolitan Air. Com'n of Mpls. & St. P.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul Sanitary District v. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- Thomsen v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- State, by Peterson v. AndersonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
- County of Ramsey v. MillerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1982
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Alevizos v. METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COM'NCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1990
- Nolan and Nolan v. City of EaganCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2003
- City of Minneapolis v. MeldahlCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2000
- Zaluckyj v. Rice Creek Watershed DistrictCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
- Kick's Liquor Store, Inc. v. City of MinneapolisCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1998
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