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PRIOR LAKE AMERICAN v. MADER

No. C7-00-1909.

642 N.W.2d 729 (2002)

PRIOR LAKE AMERICAN, a newspaper of Red Wing Publishing Company, Inc., Petitioner, Appellant, v. Wes MADER in his capacity as mayor of Prior Lake, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 2, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Anfinson, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

George C. Hoff, Scott B. Landsman, Hoff, Barry & Kuderer, P.A., Eden Prairie, MN, for respondents.

Randy Lebedoff, Minneapolis, MN, for amici curiae Minnesota Newspaper Assoc. and Associated Press.

Manuel Cervantes, City Attorney, Gerald T. Hendrickson, Asst. City Attorney, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae City of Saint Paul.

Barbara Berglund, Ely, MN, for amicus curiae Ely Area Citizens Concerned about Wastewater Treatment Affecting Shagawa and White Iron Lakes.

Susan L. Naughton, League of Minnesota Cities, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae League of Minnesota Cities.

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

OPINION

LANCASTER, Justice.

The Prior Lake American, a newspaper published in Prior Lake, Minnesota, sued the Mayor of Prior Lake and three members of the Prior Lake City Council (respondents), claiming that they violated the Minnesota Open Meeting Law when they invoked the attorney-client privilege exception to close a Council meeting.1 The district court granted respondents' motion for summary judgment, holding that...

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