Legal Opinion
Funk v. O'Connor
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 18, 2018No. A16-1645Published
1Opinion of the Court
MCKEIG, Justice.
*320This appeal concerns the interpretation of the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, Minn. Stat. §§ 13D.01 -.07 (2016). Public officials who violate the statute may be removed from office under Minn. Stat § 13D.06, subd. 3 ("the forfeiture-of-office provision"), if the officials are found to have intentionally violated the statute "in three or more actions." Id. Appellants are residents of the City of Victoria who successfully proved that Respondents ("the Officials"), collectively, committed 38 Open Meeting Law violations. These 38 violations, however, were found after a single trial…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Christianson v. HenkeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
- Mary Cocchiarella v. Donald DriggsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2016
- Ali M. Shire v. Rosemount, Inc., Self-Insured/Berkley Risk Administrators Company, LLC, Relators, and Twin Cities Orthopedics, P.A., Crosstown Surgery Center, and Minnesota Department of Human Services/BRS, Intervenors.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 2016
- Shacter v. RichterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- Brown v. Cannon Falls TownshipCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2006