Opinion ID: 2087446
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Final Judgment on Merits

Text: Factor two, that there was a final judgment on the merits, is also met. A judicial hearing was held under Minn.Stat. § 169A.53 to review the revocation of Lemmer's license. At that hearing, the district court concluded that the evidence against Lemmer should be suppressed and rescinded the commissioner's revocation of Lemmer's driver's license. The Commissioner of Public Safety had a right to appeal this ruling under Minn.Stat. § 169A.53, subd. 3(f) but did not exercise that right. Because the Commissioner of Public Safety failed to exercise its right of appeal, the district court's ruling is a final judgment on the merits. See Restatement (Second) of Judgments § 13, cmt. b (1982) ([A] judgment will ordinarily be considered final in respect to a claim    if it is not tentative, provisional, or contingent and represents the completion of all steps in the adjudication of the claim by the court   .).