Legal Opinion

In the Matter of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Special Permit No. 16868 (December 21, 2012) issued to Lynn Rogers

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided July 13, 2015No. A14-1741PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

RODENBERG, Judge.

Relator challenges the decision of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) declining to renew his per- • mit to take and possess bears, arguing that his conduct amounts to neither taking nor possessing wild animals within the meaning of Minn. Stat. §§ 97A.015, subd. 36 and 97A.401, subd. 3(a). We affirm.

FACTS

Relator Dr. Lynn Rogers is a wildlife biologist who operates the Wildlife Re search Institute (WRI) in Eagles Nest Township, located near Ely and within the Superior National Forest. Relator is an expert on the North American black bear (hereinafter,…

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National Safe Deposit Co. v. SteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
State v. FlorineSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
State v. RodmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
Baehr v. Penn-O-Tex Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1960

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