CRUZ-GUZMAN v. STATE

A16-1265.

916 N.W.2d 1 (2018)

Alejandro CRUZ-GUZMAN, as guardian and next friend of his minor children, et al., Appellants/Cross-Respondents, v. STATE of Minnesota, et al., Respondents/Cross-Appellants, and Higher Ground Academy, et al., Defendants-Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: July 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Shulman , Joy Reopelle Anderson , Richard C. Landon , Kathryn E. Hauff , Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; John G. Shulman , Jeanne-Marie Almonor , Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mel C. Orchard, III , The Spence Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, Wyoming; and James Cook , Law Office of John Burris, Oakland, California, for appellants/cross-respondents.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Karen D. Olson , Deputy Attorney General, Kathryn M. Woodruff , Kevin A. Finnerty , Assistant Attorneys General, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondents/cross-appellants.

Jack Y. Perry , Michael W. Kaphing , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and John Cairns , John Cairns Law, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Higher Ground Academy, et al. Teresa J. Nelson , John B. Gordon , American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota; and William Z. Pentelovich , Jesse D. Mondry , Maslon LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

Will Stancil , Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Concerned Law Professors.

Eli M. Temkin , Jones Day, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Todd R. Geremia , James M. Gross , Jones Day, New York, New York; David G. Sciarra , Education Law Center, Newark, New Jersey; and Derek W. Black , Columbia, South Carolina, for amici curiae Education Law Center and the Constitutional and Education Law Scholars. Lewis A. Remele, Jr. , Kate L. Homolka , Bassford Remele, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Tiffini Flynn Forslund, et al.

Myron Orfield , Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Myron Orfield.


OPINION

In this appeal, we must decide whether claims alleging that the State has failed to provide students with an adequate education are justiciable. Appellants, who are primarily parents of children enrolled in Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools, brought a putative class-action complaint on behalf of their children...

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