Legal Opinion
Dependents of Ondler v. Peace Officers Benefit Fund
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 4, 1980No. 49704PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
Relators, dependents of Otis D. Ondler, challenge the constitutionality of Minn.Stat. ch. 352E (1978) on the ground that the legislature, by excluding heart attack victims from the group of peace officers entitled to the statutory award, created an arbitrary and unreasonable classification which denies them the equal protection of the law. The Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals, lacking jurisdiction to determine the constitutional issue, denied benefits solely on the basis of the statutory exclusion. 1 We reverse.
Otis D. Ondler, a fireman employed by the Rochester Fire…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Johnson v. RobisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Schwartz v. TalmoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1973
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3Cited by8 opinions
- McCannel v. County of HennepinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- Quam v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Paris Air Crash v. in MDL 172Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- In Re Paris Air CrashCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Kramer v. State, Peace Officers Benefit FundSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
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