CRUZ-GUZMAN v. STATE

A22-0118.

998 N.W.2d 262 (2023)

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

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: December 13, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Shulman , Shulman & Buske PLLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Richard C. Landon , Lathrop GPM LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Mel. C. Orchard, III , The Spence Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, Wyoming; and James Cook , Law Offices of John Burris, Oakland, California, for appellants.

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Liz Kramer , Solicitor General, Kevin Finnerty , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondents State of Minnesota, et al.

Jack Y. Perry , Brayanna J. Bergstrom , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and John Cairns , John Cairns Law, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Nekima Levy-Armstrong , Minneapolis, Minnesota, for respondents Higher Ground Academy, et al.

Andrew J. Pieper , John T. Katuska , Brea L. Khwaja , Stoel Rives LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Teresa Nelson , David P. McKinney , American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota.

Michael V. Ciresi , Roberta B. Walburn , Patrick (Gus) Cochran , Ciresi Conlin LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Ciresi Walburn Foundation.

Mark R. Bradford , Elizabeth J. Roff , Bradford, Andresen, Norrie & Camarotto, Bloomington, Minnesota, for amici curiae Ed-Allies, Northside Achievement Zone, Project Restore MN, National Parents Union, Coalition of Asian American Leaders, Great MN Schools, Voices for Racial Justice, and Marquita Stephens.

Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York, for amici curiae Education Law Center and the Constitutional and Education Law Scholars.

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


OPINION

In 2015, appellants Alejandro Cruz-Guzman, et al., ("the parents") brought a class action lawsuit on behalf of children enrolled in Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools. According to the parents, their "claims all arise from racial and socioeconomic segregation...

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