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State v. Hoppe

Citations

  • 215 N.W.2d 797
  • 298 Minn. 386
  • 1974 Minn. LEXIS 1489

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  • holding that rationale does not apply to passage of bills on last day of session held in first year because same legislators can take further action during balance of session
  • holding that because a temporary adjournment of the legislature does not prevent the return of the bill, the Governor was free to return the bill, with objections “to any member or officer of the proper house of the legislature”
  • holding that because a temporary adjournment of the legislature does not prevent the return of the bill, the Governor was free to return the bill, with objections “to any member or officer of the proper house of the legislature”
  • explaining that “despite temporary and interim adjournments the legislature is in existence until the final adjournment of its biennial regular session”
  • holding legislation validly passed on Monday following the third Saturday in May of the first year of biennial session
  • “[T]he language of a constitutional provision, when . . . clear, explicit, unambiguous, and free from obscurity, is the best evidence of the underlying intent.” (quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Knutson

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