Legal Opinion

Movers Warehouse, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. City of Little Canada, a Municipal Corporation M.K.P., Inc., a Minnesota Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 18, 1996No. 95-1380PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to decide whether, under Minnesota law, a bingo hall operator has a protected property interest in the renewal of its bingo hall license. We conclude that Minnesota law creates no such interest.

From 1986 to 1993 Movers Warehouse, Inc., operated the lone bingo hall in Little Canada, Minnesota. When Movers Warehouse began its bingo hall operation in 1986, Little Canada issued a conditional use permit for the bingo hall. As a result of the adoption of a city ordinance at the same time, only one bingo hall may operate within the city limits. In 1988,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Maitland v. University of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  3. State v. HovorkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
  4. Paron v. City of ShakopeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
  5. Hymanson v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983

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3Cited by53 opinions

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  3. Stan Dobrovolny Kent Bernbeck Richard Bellino v. Scott A. Moore, Individually and Officially, Secretary of State for the State of NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  4. Erik Mickelson v. County of RamseyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2016
  5. Singleton v. CecilCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999

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