MINNESOTA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. STATE

No. 43978.

224 N.W.2d 344 (1974)

MINNESOTA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al., Appellants, Minnesota Coordinating Committee for Public Education, et al., Appellants, v. STATE of Minnesota, et al., Respondents, and Louis Quast, et al., Intervenors, Respondents, and James P. Larkin, et al., Intervenors, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied December 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn S. Castner, Minneapolis, for Civil Lib. Union and others.

William B. Korstad, Minneapolis, and Leo Pfeffer, New York City, for Minnesota Coordinating Comm. for Pub. Educ. and others.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., John R. Kenefick and Edwin P. Lee, Spec. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, for State.

David W. Louisell, Berkeley, Cal., Daniel A. Utter, Minneapolis, for Larkin and others.

Meier, Kennedy & Quinn and Timothy P. Quinn, St. Paul, for Louis Quast and others.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order denying them a new trial and from judgment of the district court declaring constitutional L.1971, c. 944, "Nonpublic School Education Costs; Credit," on the grounds that the statute is violative of the United States Constitution and of the Minnesota Constitution. The statute in question provides tax credits for parents of children attending nonpublic schools. The trial court in thorough, thoughtful, and comprehensive...

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