Legal Opinion
Smith v. City of Owatonna
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 19, 1990No. C5-88-1789PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
Plaintiff property owners, in this appeal, raise constitutional challenges to the municipally-owned utility’s actions in requiring them to pay the cost of installing service lines to connect to the city’s new replacement gas mains.
Beginning in 1980 the City of Owatonna, by its Public Utilities Commission, began a program of upgrading only low pressure gas mains. On two streets the old mains were replaced with new low pressure gas mains. Next, in 1984, the old low pressure mains on Main Street were replaced with high pressure mains. The property owners on Main Street,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Snyder v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
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