City and township, which had entered into an orderly annexation agreement pursuant to statute, sought review of ALJ’s approval of annexation by ordinance by second city, which was not a party to the orderly annexation agreement, of real property that was subject to the agreement but whose owners had requested annexation by second city.
The District Court vacated the administrative order. Annexing city and the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) appealed. The Court of Appeals reversed. Township and non-annexing city petitioned for review.
The Supreme Court of Minnesota held that orderly annexation agreements do not prevent non-parties from annexing property by ordinance.