Legal Opinion
Goward v. City of Minneapolis
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided May 29, 1990No. C0-89-2164PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHORT, Judge.
The City of Minneapolis appeals from an order of the trial court enjoining enforcement of part of its municipal code against respondent Clayton Goward. Respondent brought this action for injunctive relief when the city threatened to prosecute him for erecting signs on his residential property criticizing the city government. The signs violated city code provisions for areas zoned for residential use. We affirm.
FACTS
No facts are in dispute. Respondent has owned his present home since 1959. He converted the house into a duplex in 1960. In 1963, the city rezoned the property…
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