The Purple People Eater Rules In Minnesota

Justice Allan Page was one of my heroes as a young man . Page anchored the famed Minnesota Viking football defense , known as the "Purple People Eaters" . In a change of life career move Allan Page stopped hitting quarterbacks and began to hit the law books.Justice Page received his political science degree from Notre Dame , before embarking on his professional football career. Allan Page was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the 1967 NFL draft ,and played with them from 1967-1978 . In 1978 Page received his law degree from the University of Minnesota. Page practiced law in the off seasons while he finished his NFL career with the Chicago Bears 1978-1981.
Page became an accomplished lawyer , and turned to politics and was elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court where he has served since 1992.Page was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame in 1988.



Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Allan Page issued the ruling that denied Senator Norm Coleman's efforts to count the 654 absentee votes that had been rejected earlier. According to the Washington Post edition of January 6 ,2009
Justice Allan Page was quoted as saying.
" The court -- in an opinion written by Justice Alan C. Page -- said that Coleman's attempt to include the rejected absentees did not meet the criteria for counting ballots laid out in a previous ruling, specifically that both sides had to be in agreement for any additional ballots to be counted.
"Because the parties and the respective counties have not agreed as to any of these additional ballots, the merits of this dispute (and any other disputes with respect to absentee ballots) are the proper subject of an election contest," .
Bottom Line - Al Franken is now the elected Senator from Minnesota.
The following is Justice Allan Page and Minnesota Law :