Legal Opinion
Burns v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 25, 1941No. 32,758PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hilton, Justice.
The constitutionality of L. 1939, c. 136, 3 Mason Minn. St. 1940 Supp. §§ 1442-40d, 1442-40e, is challenged by this appeal. Plaintiffs, policemen in the St. Paul police department, began an action to restrain defendants from removing them from office upon the ground that the cited statute, providing for their compulsory retirement, Avas unconstitutional. Appeal is taken by them from orders of the trial court denying this contention. For reversal, reliance is placed upon Minn. Const, art. 1, § 2, art. 4, §§ 83-34, and U. S. Const. Amend. XIY.
L. 1939, c. 136, § 1, so far as…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. PehrsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Johnson v. State Employees' Retirement Assn.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- State ex rel. Greenberg v. EricksonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- State Ex Rel. Kane v. StassenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- Hessian v. ErvinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, Local 59 v. ObermeyerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Gossman v. State Employees Retirement SystemNebraska Supreme Court · 1964
- Kaljuste v. Hennepin County Sanatorium CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Fabio v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- State v. International Harvester Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
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