Opinion ID: 1856886
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Unreasonable, arbitrary, and capricious.

Text: Plaintiff argues the board acted in an unreasonable, arbitrary, and capricious manner in refusing to adjust his salary after he advised it by letter of an increase in his workload. He supports this argument by statistically comparing salary increases recently granted other county officers and other county attorneys. We find such evidence is insufficient to sustain the plaintiff's burden of proof. Upon this court's review it is insignificant that a different or opposite result might have been justified. Carstensen, 253 N.W.2d at 562. Plaintiff argues merely the board should have done more than it did in establishing his salary. While the board apparently did not give this evidence the effect urged by the plaintiff, this does not constitute unreasonable, arbitrary, and capricious action. Moreover, the plaintiff failed to supply the board with specific information, as requested, on the percentage of time he devoted to his duties as county attorney in relation to his private practice. It would be anamolous to conclude the board acted unreasonably in failing to consider relevant information when the plaintiff himself failed to supply some of it.