UNITY CHURCH OF ST. PAUL v. STATE

No. A04-1302.

694 N.W.2d 585 (2005)

UNITY CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, et al., Respondents, Adath Jeshurun Congregation, et al., Respondents, City of Minneapolis, Respondent, People Serving People, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. STATE of Minnesota, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Lori Swanson, Solicitor General, Thomas R. Ragatz, Ann K. Bloodhart, Assistants Attorneys General, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Marshall H. Tanick, Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondents Unity Church of St. Paul, et al.

David Lillehaug, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondents Adath Jeshurun Congregation, et al.

Peter Ginder, Acting Deputy Minneapolis City Attorney, Burt T. Osborne, Assistant City Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent City of Minneapolis.

John B. Gordon, Elizabeth H. Schmiesing, Faegre & Benson LLP, and Joseph W. Hammell, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, and James P. McCarthy, Lindquist & Vennum PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for respondents People Serving People, et al.

Joseph E. Olson, David M. Gross, St. Louis Park, MN, for amicus curiae Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance.

William Z. Pentelovich, Dawn C. VanTassel, Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, LLP, Minneapolis, MN and Teresa J. Nelson, American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

Considered and decided by RANDALL, Presiding Judge; HALBROOKS, Judge; and MINGE, Judge.


OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

This lawsuit involves respondent religious and charitable organizations' constitutional challenge to the Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act of 2003(PPA). The district court granted partial summary judgment in favor of respondents, holding that 2003 Minn. Laws. ch. 28 violated the single-subject requirement of Minn. Const. Art. IV, § 17. The district court remedied the violation by severing the PPA from the rest of chapter...

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