McCaughtry v. City of Red Wing

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether landlords and tenants whose properties have been subject to repeated applications for administrative warrants may bring a declaratory judgment action challenging the constitutionality of a rental property inspection ordinance. The ordinance, enacted by respondent City of Red Wing, requires inspections of rental property before landlords may obtain operating licenses. The City may conduct inspections with the consent of the landlord or tenant or, in the absence of consent, by application for and judicial approval of an administrative…