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STATE EX REL. L.E.A. v. HAMMERGREN

Nos. 50619-50623.

294 N.W.2d 705 (1980)

STATE of Minnesota ex rel. L.E.A., petitioner, Appellant (50619), State of Minnesota ex rel. S.P., petitioner, Appellant (50620), State of Minnesota ex rel. C.S., petitioner, Appellant (50621), State of Minnesota ex rel. K.H., petitioner, Appellant (50622), State of Minnesota ex rel. K.H., petitioner, Appellant (50623), v. Donald HAMMERGREN, Superintendent, Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Facility, Woodview, Respondent, Donald Omodt, Hennepin County Sheriff, Defendant (50619).

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Kennedy, County Public Defender, and Patrick J. Sullivan, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., and David W. Larson, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Linda J. Gallant, Minneapolis, Coalition for the Protection of Youth Rights, Amicus Curiae.

Heard before SHERAN, C. J., PETERSON, and TODD, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

Petitioners appeal from dismissal of their petition for habeas corpus in the Fourth Judicial District. Petitioners sought habeas corpus claiming they were wrongfully being held in the Hennepin County Detention Center for contempt of court. The lower court reasoned that under Minn. Stat. §§ 260.301 and 588.01, subd. 3 (1978), the court has the power to find status offenders in constructive contempt of court for failing to comply with...

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