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XIONG v. STATE

No. 98-3740.

195 F.3d 424 (1999)

Lee XIONG; Housa Xiong; Sue Xiong, by Their Next Friends Dan Xiong and Ong Xiong; Misael Romero; Erwin Romero, by Their Next Friend Celia Hinajosa; Robin Louise Thomas, by Her Next Friend, Pauline Thomas; David Mann, by His Next Friends Doug and Linda Mann; Neng Her; Mor Her; Sue Her; Math Her; Pheng Her, by Their Next Friend, Chia Chue Her; Edwardo Reyes, by His Next Friend, Martha Reyes; Chao Lor, by His Next Friends Vang Lor and Mee Thao; Xue Yang; Bao Yang; Khue Yang, by Their Next Friends Thai Yang and Ying Lor; Rosaura Flores; Claudia Flores, by Their Next Friend Maria Flores; Chao Xiong; Pheng Xiong; Xee Xiong, by Their Next Friend Coua Vang; Wa Vang; Tou Xay Vang; Kia Vang; Tou Tue Vang; Kou Vang; Kao Vang; Chu Nou Xiong, by Their Next Friend Ja Yer Xiong; Jenna Rubio; Yesnea Rubio, by Their Next Friend Adela Chacon; Ken Morris, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STATE of Minnesota; Jesse Ventura, Governor, State of Minnesota; Minnesota State Board of Education; Jeanne Kling, Acting President and Vice President; Nedra Wicks; Susan Holderness; Carmen Robles; Wendell Maddox; George Jernberg; Tom Peacock; Jim Bartholomew, Members of the Minnesota State Board of Education; Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning; Christine Jax, Commissioner of Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning; Minnesota Senate; Allan H. Spear, President of the Minnesota Senate; The Seventy-Seventh Minnesota State House of Representatives; Phil Carruthers, Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives; Defendants, Metropolitan Council, A Public Body Corporate and Politic, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Nauen, Minneapolis, MN, argued (William A. Gentler, Jay R. Lindgren and Mark D. Thompson, on the brief), for appellant.

Daniel R. Shulman, Minneapolis, MN, argued (John G. Shulman, Jeanne-Marie Almonor, Jim Hilbert and Justin D. Cummins, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BEAM, FAGG, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Representatives of a class of Minneapolis school children brought this action in Minnesota state court against the state, state officials, and the Metropolitan Council, an administrative agency that coordinates planning and development in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. The lawsuit alleges the Minneapolis public schools are segregated on the basis of race and socioeconomic status. The claims against the Metropolitan Council assert the alleged segregation...

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