GREENE v. COM'R OF MN. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES

No. A06-804.

755 N.W.2d 713 (2008)

Buddie GREENE, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF the MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent, Aitkin County Health and Human Services, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 28, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Bibeau, Megan Treuer, Anishinabe Legal Services, Cass Lake, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Margaret H. Chutich, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and James Ratz, Aitkin County Attorney, Sarah Elizabeth Winge, Assistant Aitkin County Attorney, Aitkin, MN, for respondents.

Mark A. Anderson, Sara K. VanNorman, Jacobson, Buffalo, Magnuson, Anderson & Hogen, PC, St. Paul, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.

Kim Mammedaty, Cass Lake, MN, for amicus curiae Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.


OPINION

DIETZEN, Justice.

Buddie Greene, an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe (Tribe) living off the reservation in Aitkin County, challenges the reduction of her benefits under the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP). After Greene was referred to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe for employment services, she requested that she receive employment services through the County, and failed to participate in the tribal program. As a result, Greene...

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