Federal judge denies injunction Taxpayers' Choice withdraws lawsuit
July 25, 1995
By Devlyn Brooks
Construction will begin next week on the Roseau County courthouse, and it won't be in Warroad.
Friday, July 21, Federal Judge Richard Kyle of the U.S. District Court of Appeals in St. Paul ruled that he would not grant a temporary injunction to halt the construction of the county courthouse in Roseau.
The Taxpayers' Choice Volunteer Committee, of Warroad, filed the complaint in federal court asking for an injunction on the building of the courthouse so that an election could be held.
Roseau County Attorney Michelle Moren said of Kyle's response "the judge wrote that the county board did nothing wrong, and this has been the county's position all along." She added that this was her entire response because she said that she felt if she said anything else it would only flare tempers in Warroad and Roseau.
TCVC responded with a press release which is printed in this issue.
This ruling only applies to the injunction of the actual construction of the courthouse.
The lawsuit served on the five county commissioners and County Auditor Anne Granitz will be heard by the same judge this fall.
A pre-construction meeting was held Monday morning, July 23, concerning the courthouse. Granitz said that the meeting was a "business-type" meeting that involved the new courthouse's architect, engineers, consultants, the prime contractors and some sub-contractors and the building committee members.
She said that they met to review "the nitty, gritty details" of the project and "the procedures of the construction of the new facility."
Granitz also said that there would be an informal groundbreaking ceremony held Monday, July 31, at 9 a.m. on the site of the new Roseau County Courthouse in Roseau.
Comments