Young v. City of Duluth

SCOTT, Justice.

The City of Duluth seeks further review of a Minnesota Court of Appeals decision holding that Howard Young, a veteran dismissed from his employment with the city without written notice of his rights under the Veterans Preference Act, Minn.Stat. §§ 197.46-481 (1984), was entitled to a writ of mandamus commanding the city to reinstate him to his former position of employment and to award him back pay and benefits from the date of his termination. The trial court had denied issuance of the writ, ruling that the city’s failure to notify Young of his right to a hearing under the Act…