Davila v. Ramsey County Community Human Services Department

I respectfully dissent from the majority on their interpretation of Minn. Stat. § 383A.29, subd. 15. I agree with the district court that this statute limits the authority of the Ramsey County Civil Service Commission in a case like this where the commission finds the evidence warrants the employer’s action.

A commission may never exceed its specific grant of authority:

It should be recognized that a civil service commission exercises purely statutory power and must find within the statutes the authority to exercise the power it claims. A commission can exercise only such authority as is…