N.H. v. ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT

A19-1944.

950 N.W.2d 553 (2020)

N.H., Respondent, and Rebecca Lucero, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, plaintiff-intervenor, Respondent, v. ANOKA-HENNEPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed September 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy P. Griffin , Andrew W. Davis , Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Teresa J. Nelson , David P. McKinney , American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Christy L. Hall , Jess Braverman , Gender Justice, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent N.H.)

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Rachel Bell-Munger , Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent commissioner).

Jeanette M. Bazis , Katherine M. Swenson , Amran A. Farah , Greene Espel, PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for appellant).

Cassandra Jacobsen , Cozen O'Connor, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Amanda L. Nelson (pro hac vice) Cozen O'Connor, New York, New York; and Marla Benedek , Cozen O'Connor, Wilmington, Delaware; and David P. Brown , Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., New York, New York (for amici curiae Family Tree Clinic of St. Paul, JustUs Health, and World Professional Association for Transgender Health).

Tara Kalar , World Without Genocide, St. Paul, Minnesota (for amicus curiae World Without Genocide).

Bruce Jones , Emily E. Chow , Thomas K. Pryor , Kelvin D. Collado , Faegre, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amici curiae Out-Front Minnesota and Transforming Families Minnesota).

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Alec Sloan , Martha J. Casserly , Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education).

Margaret A. Luger-Nikolai , David M. Aron , Eva C. Wood , Education Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota; and David J. Strom , Angela W. Thompson , American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; and Alice O'Brien , Eric A. Harrington , National Education Association, Washington, D.C. (for amici curiae Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota, Education Minnesota, National Education Association, and American Federation of Teachers).

Althea M. Huyser , Jacob P. Harris , Fredrickson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Christopher W. Bowman , Madigan, Dahl & Harlan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Jenneane Jansen , Lommen Abdo, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Minnesota State Bar Association).

Celeste E. Culberth , Leslie L. Lienemann , Culberth & Lienemann, LLP, St. Paul, Minnesota (for amici curiae GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and National Center for Lesbian Rights).

William Z. Pentelovitch , Maslon LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Norman H. Pentelovitch , Anthony, Ostlund, Baer & Louwagie, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for amici curiae Fischer, et al.).

Considered and decided by Johnson, Presiding Judge; Reilly, Judge; and Reyes, Judge.


OPINION

Appellant-school-district argues on appeal that the district court erred by denying its motion to dismiss respondent-transgender-student's claims arising out of the school district's requirement that the student use separate locker-room facilities. The district court certified two questions as important and doubtful...

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