Supreme Court of Minnesota September 25, 1981, 50957 (Reserve Mining Co. v. State)

WAHL, Justice.

The State of Minnesota appeals a judgment of the Lake County District Court holding the Minnesota taconite tailings tax, Minn.Stat. § 298.24, subd. 2 (1980) unconstitutional as a bill of attainder in violation of U.S.Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 1 and Minn.Const. art. I, § 11, as a violation of the separation of powers doctrine under U.S.Const. art. I, § 1, art. II and art.