| Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate v. Dayton | |
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| Court | Minnesota Supreme Court |
| Full case name | The Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate, The Ninetieth Minnesota State House of Representatives v. Mark B. Dayton, In his official capacity as Governor of the State of Minnesota, Myron Frans, In his official capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget |
| Decided | November 16, 2017 |
| Citation | Case no. 62-CV-17-3601 903 N.W.2d 609 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Ramsey County District Court |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea, Barry Anderson, David Lillehaug, Natalie Hudson, Margaret Chutich, Anne McKeig |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Lorie Skjerven Gildea |
| Dissent | Barry Anderson |
The Ninetieth Minnesota State Senate v. Dayton, (903 N.W.2d 609), was a 2017 Minnesota Supreme Court case where the Court ruled that Governor Mark Dayton's line item vetoes of appropriations for the Minnesota Senate and Minnesota House of Representatives were a lawful exercise of his authority granted by the Minnesota Constitution. The Court also ruled that since the state legislature had access to other funding to continue operating as a fully functioning and independent branch of government, the governor's vetoes did not effectively abolish the legislature and thereby violate Article III of the state constitution. The Court also ruled that the judicial branch did not have the constitutional authority to order funding without a corresponding budgetary appropriation. The Supreme Court's ruling overturned an earlier ruling by a Ramsey County District Court judge. The case marked the first time in which the Minnesota Supreme Court was asked to resolve a lawsuit brought by one branch of government against another.