Minneapolis Term Limits Coalition v. Keefe

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

This case comes to us on an Order of Certification issued by the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota pursuant to Minnesota Statutes section 480.061 (1994) (Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act). The certified question is as follows:

Would an amendment to the Minneapolis city charter limiting the terms of local elected officials violate Article 7, § 6 of the Minnesota Constitution?

We answer the question in the affirmative.

Since the adoption of its city charter, the City of Minneapolis has been a home rule charter city pursuant to…