Lam v. City of St. Paul

OPINION

COLLINS, Judge. *

In this certiorari appeal from a St. Paul City Council decision, relators contend that the city council’s denial of relators’ license applications should be reversed and that this court has jurisdiction to decide the dispute. Because the city council’s decision was quasi-judicial, jurisdiction is proper in this court. Because the land use permitted by the conditional-use permit was not extinguished just because certain business activity ceased, we reverse.

FACTS

Relators Chan Lam and Ha Tran, d/b/a Ha Auto Repair, challenge respondent St. Paul City Council’s denial of…