Legal Opinion
Metro 500, Inc. v. City of Brooklyn Park
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 21, 1973No. 43257PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*295Kelly, Justice.
Plaintiff brought this action for a mandatory injunction to compel the city of Brooklyn Park to issue a special-use permit for the construction of a gasoline filling station on commercially zoned property. The district court refused to grant the injunction and plaintiff appealed.
The principal issue is whether the municipality acted arbitrarily and unreasonably in the denial of the special-use permit on the basis that the number of filling stations in the area is completely unbalanced with other commercial uses.
Plaintiff, Metro 500, Inc., operates a number of gasoline filling…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Zylka v. City of CrystalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
- Hay v. Township of Grow, Anoka CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
- Inland Construction Co. v. City of BloomingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Olsen v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- Twin City Red Barn, Inc. v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1971
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Littlefield v. City of AftonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Barton Contracting Co., Inc. v. City of AftonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Almquist v. Town of MarshanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Rochester Ass'n of Neighborhoods v. City of RochesterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
- Corwine v. Crow Wing CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
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