N.A.A.C.P., MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH v. METRO. COUNCIL

No. 96-3092.

125 F.3d 1171 (1997)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, MINNEAPOLIS BRANCH on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Bryston Hill, by his next friend Lisa Hill; Sophie Krahnke, by her next friends Steven Krahnke and Jane McLeod; Miquel McElroy, by his next friend Annie Pearl McElroy; Gregory McFarland, by his next friend Linda McFarland; Solveig Mebust; Anna Appeal from the United States Mebust, by their next friends Bruce District Court for the District of Lynn Mebust and Kirsten Ann Scribner Minnesota. Mebust; Diamond Porter, by his next friend Jamie Porter, Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, a Public Body Corporate and Politic, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Shulman, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Terry M. Walcott and John G. Shulman, Minneapolis, MN, Dennis C. Hayes, Baltimore, MD, on the brief), for appellants.

Charles N. Nauen, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Jay M. Heffern, St. Paul, MN, and William A. Gengler, Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

The Minneapolis Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and six Minneapolis school-children, on behalf of all Minneapolis public school students (the student class), filed this class action in Hennepin County District Court against the Metropolitan Council (Met Council) and twenty-one state officials and entities (the state defendants), asserting claims under the Minnesota Constitution. The Met Council...

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