CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS v. RICHARDSON

No. 45462.

239 N.W.2d 197 (1976)

CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, et al., Respondents, v. Samuel L. RICHARDSON, Human Rights Commissioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., Richard L. Varco, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for appellant.

Walter J. Duffy, Jr., City Atty., Jerome F. Fitzgerald, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before PETERSON, KELLY, and MacLAUGHLIN, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


KELLY, Justice.

Samuel L. Richardson, former Minnesota Department of Human Rights commissioner, appeals from an order of the district court reversing an order of a hearing examiner finding an unfair discriminatory practice contrary to Minn.St.1971, § 363.03, subd. 4, and ordering certain relief.1 We reverse.

On April 23, 1971, Mary Jane Samples, acting on behalf of her 12-year-old son Randolph, filed a verified charge of racial...

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