Court Opinion

ID: 9884422
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-10-06 02:55:59.542936+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:48:38.215182
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LANSING, Judge
(dissenting).
I respectfully dissent on the issue of jurisdiction. The judicial review to which Jennifer Neujahr is entitled is before the district court under Minn.Stat. § 484.01 (1984), not before the Court of Appeals. See, e.g., City of St. Paul v. Winger, 368 N.W.2d 779 (Minn.Ct.App.1985) (decision of the St. Paul Civil Service Commission was appealed to the Ramsey County District Court under Minn.Stat. § 606 (1984)); Miller v. City of St. Paul, 363 N.W.2d 806 (Minn.Ct.App.1985), pet. for rev. denied, (Minn. Apr. 26, 1985) (decision of the St. Paul City Council was appealed to the Ramsey County District Court).
This court’s jurisdiction is limited to “appellate jurisdiction over all courts, except the supreme court, and other appellate jurisdiction as prescribed by law.” Minn. Const, art. VI, § 2. “By law” in this state’s constitution means by legislative enactment. See Clerk of Court’s Compensation for Lyon County v. Lyon County Commissioners, 308 Minn. 172, 174, 241 N.W.2d 781, 783 (1976). At the time Neu-jahr filed her petition for a writ of certiora-ri our jurisdiction statute confered jurisdiction to review administrative rules and decisions appealed from agencies having state-wide jurisdiction. See Minn.Stat. § 480A.06, subd. 4; § 14.02, subd. 2 (1984). It did not confer jurisdiction to hear appeals from county-wide agencies.
Effective May 21, 1985, the Minnesota Legislature enacted 1985 Minn.Laws ch. 165 (amending Minn.Stat. § 480A.06, subd. 3 (1984)), giving this court jurisdiction to issue writs of certiorari to “all agencies.” This provision appears to grant jurisdiction to hear appeals from county-wide agencies when the writ was filed on or after May' 21, 1984. Cf. 1982 Minn.Laws ch. 502, sec. 27 (transition provision for legislation establishing the Court of Appeals granted the court jurisdiction over cases in which the notice, petition, or writ was filed bn or after the effective date of the legislation). Because Neujahr filed her petition in November 1984, before chapter 165 granted this court jurisdiction over the case, review should properly have been before the district court.