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IN RE ELECTION UPON AMENDMENT NO. 17

No. 37,900.

256 Minn. 581 (1959)

99 N.W. (2d) 468

IN RE PROCEEDINGS TO CONTEST ELECTION UPON AMENDMENT NO. 17 TO CHARTER OF CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 20, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Drake, Jr., and John W. Simpson, for appellant.

Charles A. Sawyer, City Attorney, and Dabe J. Shama, Assistant City Attorney, for respondent.

Charles H. Clay, Harold C. Evarts, James L. Hetland, Jr., Robert J. Johnson, Verne C. Johnson, Gerald E. Magnuson, Roger L. Nordbye, Melvin I. Orenstein, Clinton A. Schroeder, and Archibald Spencer, for Citizens League of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, amicus curiae.

Dorfman & Rudquist, Leo Dorfman, and David McGannon, for 33 liquor dealers, amici curiae.

MURPHY, JUSTICE.

After the district court ordered judgment upholding the declared adoption of Amendment No. 17 to the Home Rule Charter of the city of Minneapolis, contestant appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Both parties have agreed to a stipulation of facts. Amendment No. 17 was duly presented to the voters of the city of Minneapolis in a special city election June 9, 1959. The amendment...

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