PATRICK DOYLE ET AL., APPELLANTS,
v.
MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ET AL., APPELLEES
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The court held that the appellants' constitutional claims regarding township consolidation were without merit.
Appellants, residents of Burnside Township, sought to enjoin its consolidation with the City of Red Wing, alleging violations of equal protection and …
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PER CURIAM.
In this case, the appellants, residents of Burnside Township, seek to enjoin the consolidation of their township with the nearby City of Red Wing, Minnesota. They claim that the procedures under which a state agency1 effected consolidation of these two units of local government denied the residents of the township, who were unwillingly absorbed into the city, their constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. Ruling that the plaintiffs’ complaint raised no substantial constitutional claim, the district court (Chief Judge Devitt) refused appellants’ request to convene a three-judge court and dismissed the action for want of jurisdiction. Appellants brought this timely appeal.
We have reviewed the record on appeal, and it is apparent that appellants’ claim of infringement of their constitutional rights is without merit as demonstrated by Judge Devitt’s opinion published at 340 F.Supp. 841 (D.Minn. 1972). We affirm on the basis of that opinion.
. The Minnesota Municipal Commission, an agency of the State of Minnesota, direeted consolidation of Burnside Township and the City of Red Wing pursuant to Minn.Stat.Ann., Ch. 414 (Cum.Supp. 1972).
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