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Consolidated Appeals C3-83-699 and C2-83-1275 <br />IN SUPREME COURT <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />C. Rex Welsh, <br />Plaintiff -Respondent <br />V. <br />City of Orono, a Minnesota <br />municipal corporation, <br />Defendant -Appellant <br />RESPONDENT'S PETITION <br />FOR REHEARING REGARDING <br />HIS CLAIM FOR <br />REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES <br />INTRODUCTION <br />By its decision in this mrlter, filed August 31, 1984, this <br />Court ruled in favor of Respondcnt C. Rex Welsh ("Mr. Welsh") on <br />the merits, concluding that the Minnesota Department of Natural <br />Resources has exclusive jurisdiction to grant or deny dredge <br />permits for work in public waters, and that local ordinances of <br />Appellant City of Orono (the 'City") which purport to regulate <br />such activity are null and void. Welsh v. City of Orono, Nos. <br />C3-83-699 and C2-83-1276 (Minn. Sup. Ct. filed August 31, 1984) <br />(the 'Welsh Opinion") at 9. With respect to Mr. Welsh's <br />accompanying claim for his reasonable attorneys fees under 42 <br />U.S.C. S51983 and 1988, this Court affirmed the trial court's <br />