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SPANN v. MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL

A21-0931.

979 N.W.2d 66 (2022)

Cathy SPANN, et al., Appellants, v. MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: August 24, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas P. Seaton , James V.F. Dickey , Upper Midwest Law Center, Golden Valley, Minnesota, for appellants.

Peter Ginder , Acting Minneapolis City Attorney, Gregory P. Sautter , Brian S. Carter , Caroline M. Bachun , Assistant City Attorneys, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondents.

Joseph A. Kelly , Kevin M. Beck , Rebecca Duren , Kelly & Lemmons, P.A., Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis.

OPINION

This appeal requires us to determine whether the Minneapolis City Charter imposes a clear legal duty on the Minneapolis Mayor and the Minneapolis City Council to employ and fund at least 0.0017 sworn police officers per resident. In the fall of 2020, a group of north Minneapolis residents sought a writ of...

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