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BEARDER v. STATE

No. A10-0101.

806 N.W.2d 766 (2011)

Alan and Keri BEARDER, individually and as parents and natural guardians of Josiah and Alexa Bearder, minors; et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Minnesota, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 16, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall G. Knutson , Daniel J. Bellig , Farrish Johnson Law Office, Chtd., Mankato, MN; and Sam Hanson , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Jocelyn F. Olson , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondents.

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

At issue in this case is the interplay between the newborn screening statutes, Minn.Stat. §§ 144.125-.128 (2010), and the Genetic Privacy Act, Minn.Stat. § 13.386 (2010).1 The Minnesota Department of Health, as part of its newborn screening program, collects blood samples of newborn children to test for various disorders. The Department has retained the excess blood samples and the test...

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