The state’s highest court affirmed a portion of the Court of Appeals decision regarding the lake level lawsuit and reversed a portion. Then they sent it back to the three-judge appeals panel.  In a decision issued July 15, the Minnesota Supreme Court said plaintiffs in the case against the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) brought the correct statute under the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act (MERA). That opinion reversed the appeals court decision issued April 2019 that a different statute, 116B.10, should have been used by the White Bear Lake Restoration Association and White Bear Lake Homeowners Association to state its claims.    Read the article………………………..