DOE v. PIPER

Civil No. 15-2639 (JRT/SER).

165 F.Supp.3d 789 (2016)

Jane DOE and John Doe, individually, and on behalf of Baby Doe, Plaintiffs, v. Emily Johnson PIPER, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Lori Swanson, in her official capacity as Minnesota Attorney General, and Samuel Moose, in his official capacity as Commissioner of Health and Human Services for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

Signed February 25, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Storms , NEWMARK STORMS LAW OFFICE, 100 South Fifth Street, Suite 2000, Minneapolis, MN 55402; Mark D. Fiddler , FIDDLER LAW OFFICE, P.A., 6800 France Avenue South, Suite 190, Edina, MN 55435; and R. Daniel Rasmus , HOVLAND AND RASMUS, PLLC, 6800 France Avenue South, Suite 190, Edina, MN 55435, for plaintiffs.

Scott H. Ikeda , Assistant Attorney General, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, Human Services Division, Bremer Tower, Suite 1100, 445 Minnesota Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 for defendants Piper and Swanson.

Todd R. Matha , MILLE LACS BAND OF OJIBWE, Office Of The Solicitor General, 43408 Oodena Drive, Onamia, MN 56359, for defendant Moose.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

This case is about the validity of the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act ("MIFPA"), a law enacted by the Minnesota State Legislature for the purpose of addressing historic wrongs to American Indian ("Indian...

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