ALTMAN v. MINNESOTA DEPT. OF CORR.

No. 00-1168, 00-1489

251 F.3d 1199 (2001)

Thomas ALTMAN; Kristen Larson; Kenneth Yackly, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross Appellees, v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants-Appellees/Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 29, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Manion, argued, New Hope, KY (Wayne B. Holstad, on the brief), for appellant.

Gary R. Cunningham, argued, St Paul, MN (Mike Hatch, on the brief), appellee.

Before LOKEN, LAY, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Thomas Altman, Kristen Larson, and Kenneth Yackly are employees of the Minnesota Department of Corrections assigned to the correctional facility in Shakopee, which we will refer to as MCFS. In October 1997, they silently read their Bibles during a mandatory seventy-five-minute training program entitled "Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace." The three received written reprimands, which made Larson and...

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