# State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · August 31, 1990 · 460 N.W.2d 2

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9732635

## Case

- **Full name:** STATE of Minnesota, by Stephen W. COOPER, Commissioner, Department of Human Rights, Respondent, v. Layle FRENCH, Petitioner, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** August 31, 1990
- **Citations:** 460 N.W.2d 2; 1990 Minn. LEXIS 287; 1990 WL 127216
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Simonett
- **Judges:** Yetka, Simonett, Popovich, Wahl, Keith
- **Cited by:** 557 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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

## Opinion text

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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