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BIG BROS. v. MINNEAPOLIS COM'N ON CIVIL RTS.

No. 48950.

284 N.W.2d 823 (1979)

BIG BROTHERS, INC., and Paul J. Rimarcik, petitioners, Respondents, v. MINNEAPOLIS COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Respondent, and Gary E. Johnson, complainant, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wetherbee & Baker and Jack Baker, Minneapolis, Patsy D. Reinard, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, Minneapolis, amicus for appellants.

Stuurmans & Kelly and Timothy D. Kelly, Minneapolis, for respondent Big Brothers, Inc., and Paul J. Rimarcik.

Robert J. Alfton, City Atty., Mark A. Flahavan, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent Mpls. Comm. on Civil Rights.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

KELLY, Justice.

Gary E. Johnson, complainant, appeals from an order of the Hennepin County District Court that permits Big Brothers, Inc. to question applicants who wish to be big brothers about their sexual or affectional preferences and to communicate such information to the mothers of potential little brothers. We affirm.

Big Brothers, Inc. is a non-profit corporation which provides charitable services to boys. One of Big Brothers' services involves matching...

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