Otto v. Wright County’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “and threatens the essential funding of the office. Id. at 199 (Cleary, C.J., dissenting). We granted the State Auditor's petition for review and the request for cross-review that Becker County and Wright County filed on the core-function issue. 4 ANALYSIS This case involves a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute. We review de novo the constitutionality of statutes,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Otto v. Wright Cnty.

2. “The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct departments: legislative, executive and judicial. No person or persons belonging to or constituting one of these departments shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others except in the instances expressly provided in this constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Otto v. Wright Cnty.

3. “Associated Builders & Contractors v. Ventura , 610 N.W.2d 293 , 298-99 (Minn. 2000). Because the power to declare a statute unconstitutional should be”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Otto v. Wright Cnty.