Minnesota House Democrats and Secretary of State Steve Simon have requested the state’s Supreme Court resolve the power struggle unfolding in the lower chamber. House Republicans and Democrats have been embroiled in a fight over whether the state House GOP has majority rule.

The clash in St. Paul over who controls the state House is now in court, after Democrats filed a lawsuit accusing Republicans of acting unlawfully when they convened for session as a majority and elected a speaker.

The West Virginia Democratic Party has asked the state Supreme Court to determine if House Republicans, who hold a supermajority, followed the state’s laws and constitution in filling a seat vacated by Joseph de Soto.