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Racial imbalance in schools doesn't violate Minnesota Constitution, court rules

By Daniel Fisher | Monday, Oct 17, 2022 @ 6:20am

MINNEAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - Racial imbalance alone doesn’t violate the Minnesota Constitution’s guarantee of a “general and uniform system of public schools,” a state appeals court ruled, potentially defeating a class action by parents who argued Minneapolis and St. Paul Schools were illegally segregated.
Minn. court prevents student newspaper from access to video said to be of student pulling hijab off another's head

By Mary Ann Magnell | Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018 @ 12:29pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Court of Appeals found that a district court “did not err” in its conclusion that a video captured of a November 2016 high school altercation was inaccessible to its student newspaper.
Climate change activists charged with shutting down pipeline can present 'necessity defense'

By Elizabeth Alt | Monday, May 7, 2018 @ 2:00pm

ST. PAUL, Minn. (Legal Newsline) – The Minnesota Court of Appeals dismissed the state of Minnesota’s appeal to allow climate activists charged for shutting down a petroleum pipeline the chance to present evidence to explain their actions.