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WN <br />r:. I <br />The Honorable Fr�a,nk, Rog <br />Mayor <br />2660 CiVic Center Drive, <br />Roseville, MlInnesota 55111 <br />The, city attorney was nervous and rightly so, He had never before <br />faced the challenge of presenting a case before the Supreme Court. <br />Ii <br />The question surprised him -- he had never thought of that <br />problem in hiS case . I And when he sat down, his seasoned opponent <br />rose and smoothly sieized the opportunity to answer the quest ion to <br />1 0 <br />the, advantage of his cliLent. <br />For, many years this was a common scen,a,rio,, Such observers as Chief <br />Justice Burger and justice Powell noted, that attorneys representing <br />state and lo�cal, interests frequently appeared before the Supreme <br />Court not knowing what to expect. The interests of-cit' <br />were oftlen not pre,sientled effectively.i les and towns <br />Of a,l,l cases, pertaining to states and, cities that came before the <br />Court,, two-thirds were lost. The court held that cities were not <br />prote1cf-e-d Jail ne atie antitrust exemption, required citimes • <br />coimpily with the Fair Labor Standards, Aicto questioned many of our <br />$I <br />land, use, and, zoning, powers, upset local, labor practices, opened up <br />0 <br />municipalities to exposure for a host of environmental actions, and <br />redefined municipal functions, <br />