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"It is elementary that a party inay riot, deaf(-nd an action by asserting facts or rights which uo not concern film and in which he has no lawful interest, * * * just as he cannot predicate a cause of acti, upon such face-.s or rights. * * * This is true for, the very simple reason that a party may assert and champion only his own rights, not those of others. * * *" (asterisks show omitted citations.) The Beckers claim that they were denied due process for several reasons. In view of the many planning commission and council meetings held where the Beckers were present and represented and the opportunity given to them to submit briefs and a proposed resolution to the council, as well as the extended time devoted by the council to hearings, there is simply no basis on which the Beckers can reasonably assert that they were denied due process. The Minnesota Supreme Court has recognized that. only limited due process rights are granted in quasi-judicial hearings before a 1; )verning body. In Bartun Contractirrt; c:o,L 11,t:, v. Clty of Afton, (decided April 111, 1978) the court said: "When the governing; bo•'y considers an application for a special -use permit pursuant to such ortinance, Its action no longer bears on an open cla; s -,f per - soils but directly on the particular Inters :t of the applicant, in which cu3e it actr, in what is usu,illy called a qua-;i-Judicial c•apacit.y. .,un 01 i Co. v. Vil l,W► - of New (lope, supra. The tea:sic rights of prose, .ra l clue peoeess required in that. c,-►s o are reasonable notice of hearing an.) a ►-eanonable oppor- tunity t o hr heard. The so quasi_Ju,licLl l,roceedtngs do not Invoke the full patioply of procec!ure + required In regular ,judIc cal procecltnt,3, civil or criminal. rnarfy of wtilc•h would be plainly Inappropriate in these quasi-judicial settings." A i asonab,,t opportunity to be heavd and 1'rvsent evidence and arguments I., a I I that due process r•equi reps and the Becker's were given that upportunity. Dated: July ?4, 1�)/lt. * •-t Dana Judi- c,C' DISt,r•lct Court