Inter Faculty Organization v. Carlson

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

We accelerated review of an appeal by Governor Arne Carlson, et al. from an order of the district court granting the petition of Inter Faculty Organization, et al. and issuing a writ of mandamus declaring attempted gubernatorial vetoes to be null and void and without legal effect and compelling the respondents below, in their capacity as constitutional and statutory officials, to perform their various official duties as to legislation without regard to those attempted vetoes. We modify the decision of the district court and affirm.

We first address the procedural…