WEBER v. HVASS

No. C6-00-1707.

626 N.W.2d 426 (2001)

Russell Howard WEBER, et al., for themselves, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Appellants, v. Sheryl Ramstad HVASS, individually and in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Corrections, et al., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Review Denied June 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Hennessey, Sandra S. Smalley, Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for appellants.

Teresa Nelson, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, St. Paul, MN, of counsel for appellants.

Michael A. Hatch, Minnesota Attorney General, Kurt J. Erickson, Assistant Attorney General, Jennifer K. Park, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent.

Considered and decided by STONEBURNER, Presiding Judge, KALITOWSKI and HALBROOKS, Judges.


OPINION

STONEBURNER, Judge

Appellants, a putative class of adult inmates in correctional facilities administered by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) and a putative class of non-inmates who send money gifts to inmates, filed this class-action lawsuit against respondent Sheryl Ramstad Hvass, Commissioner of Corrections for the State of Minnesota, individually and in her capacity as commissioner of the DOC, and Dennis L. Benson, individually and...

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