KAHN v. GRIFFIN

No. A04-1646.

701 N.W.2d 815 (2005)

Phyllis KAHN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Susanne GRIFFIN, City of Minneapolis Director of Elections, et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Weinblatt, Maura J. Shuttleworth, Weinblatt & Gaylord, PLC, David Schultz, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Jay M. Heffern, City Attorney, James A. Moore, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendants.

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


OPINION

PAUL H. ANDERSON, Justice.

This case is before us on a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. The federal court's certified question implicates both the Minnesota Constitution and state statutes and is as follows:

Does the Minnesota Constitution provide greater protections to the right to vote than does the United States Constitution such that failure to hold prompt elections following decennial...

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