Legal Opinion
Northwestern College v. City of Arden Hills
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 20, 1979No. 48736PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERSON, Justice.
Plaintiff, Northwestern College (Northwestern), initiated this action in the Ramsey County District Court, seeking a declaratory judgment that the decision of defendant city of Arden Hills denying its application for a special-use permit to build a fine arts center was arbitrary, capricious, and void. The district court declared the denial of the permit proper in all respects. We reverse.
Northwestern is a private Christian college with an enrollment of about 800 students. The property, zoning of which is now in dispute, is located on the south shore of Lake Johanna in Arden…
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