Article: Eagan doesn't have to allow golf course development; It was open space vs. profits in Eagan, and open space won as the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned a lower court's ruling. The property's owner had wanted to build homes on the site.(NEWS)

Byline: David Peterson; Staff Writer

The city of Eagan has won another significant court battle that had pit citizens' desire to maintain open space against a golf course owner who wants to have the land developed.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals, overturning the decision of a district judge, ruled Tuesday that the city can't be compelled to change its long-range plan for the 120-acre Carriage Hills golf course area to permit houses there instead.

The decision follows a Minnesota Supreme Court case earlier this year involving a golf course in Mendota Heights, which involved the same issues and had the same outcome.

In the Eagan case, a ...

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