The Open Meeting Law provides that an official can be removed from office after three intentional violations. In Funk v. O'Connor, the Minnesota Supreme Court holds that the "three strikes rule" requires that the three violations must be determined by "separate,...
The Supreme Court in Janus v. AFSCME recently rendered a decision that will have a major impact on public sector unions. It determined that a public sector union's practice of charging "agency fees" to employees who choose not to join the union violates the First...
Quinlivan & Hughes attorney Kenneth Bayliss, a member of the firm's Government Law Practice Group, successfully represented Le Sueur County in Davis v. Le Sueur County, a dispute relating to denial of a variance to construct a pool and pool shed on a peninsula...
United States District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz didn't pull any punches in his order on Aug. 23 in Scheffler v. City of Coon Rapids on 17 causes of action in this unlawful arrest and excessive force case. The Court "trudge[d] through 17 claims to separate the wheat...
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota in Otto v. Wright County, et al. interpreted the State Government Finance Omnibus Bill, and determined that counties could hire private CPA firms to conduct the required annual audits, but the State Auditor still retains substantial...
Quinlivan & Hughes attorney Kenneth Bayliss, long a student of issues relating to governmental immunities, has had a booklet on immunities circulated to local governments. The Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust (MCIT) recently made his booklet, a...
