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ST. PAUL CITIZENS, ETC. v. CITY COUNCIL, ETC.

Nos. 48919, 48939.

289 N.W.2d 402 (1979)

ST. PAUL CITIZENS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Appellant, Carla Messman and Craig Anderson, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY COUNCIL OF the CITY OF ST. PAUL, et al., Respondents, and Citizens Alert for Morality (CAM), Intervenor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connelly & Heffernan, Donald J. Heffernan, Scott F. Tilsen, and Carolyn F. Rusch, St. Paul, for appellant.

Suzanne Flinsch, City Atty., and Terry Sullivan, Asst. City Atty., St. Paul, for the City Council.

Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay and Roger J. Magnuson, Minneapolis, for Citizens Alert for Morality.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the Ramsey County District Court refusing to enjoin the St. Paul City Council from placing an initiative question repealing the St. Paul Gay Rights Ordinance on the ballot of the April 25, 1978, election. The issues raised by this appeal are: (1) Whether St. Paul voters can repeal an ordinance by initiative; (2) whether the ballot question was improperly drafted; (3) whether the St. Paul Human Rights Ordinance as...

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