Legal Opinion
Reserve Mining Co. v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 25, 1981No. 50957PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
The State of Minnesota appeals a judgment of the Lake County District Court holding the Minnesota taconite tailings tax, Minn.Stat. § 298.24, subd. 2 (1980) unconstitutional as a bill of attainder in violation of U.S.Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 1 and Minn.Const. art. I, § 11, as a violation of the separation of powers doctrine under U.S.Const. art. I, § 1, art. II and art. Ill, § 1, and Minn.Const. art. Ill, and as an impairment of contract barred by U.S.Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 1, and Minn.Const. art. I, § 11. Additionally, the district court found the tailings tax to be an excise…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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