Opinion

State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French

  • 460 N.W.2d 2
  • 1990 Minn. LEXIS 287
  • 1990 WL 127216
Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Filed
Aug 31, 1990
Status
Published
Author
Simonett
On the bench
Yetka, Simonett, Popovich, Wahl, Keith
Cited by
557 cases

holding that state constitutional language stating that “nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience be permitted . . . grants far more protection of religious freedom” than the federal free exercise clause

How later courts described this case

  • holding that state constitutional language stating that “nor shall any control of or interference with the rights of conscience be permitted . . . grants far more protection of religious freedom” than the federal free exercise clause
  • holding that landlord whose sincere religious beliefs were inconsistent with premarital cohabitation was entitled to exemption from state’s enforcement of human rights act prohibiting discrimination based on marital status
  • recognizing that, on appeal from summary judgment, reviewing court considers whether lower court erred as matter of law
  • concluding that a landlord was entitled to a constitutional exemption from the MHRA

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

SIMONETT, Justice

(concurring as to Part I).

I join Part I of the court’s opinion, Because the issue of statutory construction is dispositive here, I do not reach the constitutional questions.

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