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Upper Midwest Law Center Files Supreme Court Brief Against Minneapolis Police Defunding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Contact: Chris Mulcahey [email protected] Upper Midwest Law
ICYMI: Minnesota Supreme Court Grants Expedited Review of Police Defunding Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 22, 2022 Contact: Chris Mulcahey [email protected] IN CASE
Minnesota Court of Appeals Overturns District Court Decision Against Minneapolis Police Defunding and Enforcing MPD Staffing Requirement
Golden Valley, MN – Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals (COA) overturned the Hennepin County District Court’s decision ordering Minneapolis to immediately take any and all necessary action to ensure that they fund and employ a police force of at least 731 sworn officers, or more, as required in the city charter. The Court of Appeals notably described the Upper Midwest Law Center’s (UMLC) legal position as “logical,” and the concurrence described the Court’s own opinion as “illogical.”
Upper Midwest Law Center sues Minnesota Department of Human Services based on discrimination and retaliation against long term employee
Golden Valley, MN – This week, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) sued the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Commissioner Jodi Harpstead on behalf of former employee Joseph Norgren in the Federal District of Minnesota. The suit claims racial and religious discrimination and retaliation.
The Upper Midwest Law Center Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota Secretary of State on Behalf of Minnesota Voters Alliance
The lawsuit challenges an administrative rule adopted by the Secretary of State that conflicts with the Minnesota statute requiring absentee ballot board members to verify that absentee ballots belong to the voter named on the ballot and ballot application. The challenged rule limits the situations in which a ballot may be rejected to only those where the name signed is clearly a different name than the name of the voter as printed on the signature envelope.
The Upper Midwest Law Center Sends Demand Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Golden Valley, MN – The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC), on behalf of Officer Rodney Maki, sent a letter today to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis demanding that the Fed reverse its placement of Officer Maki on unpaid leave and its threats of the termination of his employment based on his religious objection to receiving a COVID-19 vaccination produced or tested using fetal cells.
Upper Midwest Law Center Files Supreme Court Brief Against Minneapolis Police Defunding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 Contact: Chris Mulcahey [email protected] Upper Midwest Law
ICYMI: Minnesota Supreme Court Grants Expedited Review of Police Defunding Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 22, 2022 Contact: Chris Mulcahey [email protected] IN CASE
Minnesota Court of Appeals Overturns District Court Decision Against Minneapolis Police Defunding and Enforcing MPD Staffing Requirement
Golden Valley, MN – Today, the Minnesota Court of Appeals (COA) overturned the Hennepin County District Court’s decision ordering Minneapolis to immediately take any and all necessary action to ensure that they fund and employ a police force of at least 731 sworn officers, or more, as required in the city charter. The Court of Appeals notably described the Upper Midwest Law Center’s (UMLC) legal position as “logical,” and the concurrence described the Court’s own opinion as “illogical.”
Upper Midwest Law Center sues Minnesota Department of Human Services based on discrimination and retaliation against long term employee
Golden Valley, MN – This week, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) sued the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) and Commissioner Jodi Harpstead on behalf of former employee Joseph Norgren in the Federal District of Minnesota. The suit claims racial and religious discrimination and retaliation.
The Upper Midwest Law Center Files Lawsuit Against Minnesota Secretary of State on Behalf of Minnesota Voters Alliance
The lawsuit challenges an administrative rule adopted by the Secretary of State that conflicts with the Minnesota statute requiring absentee ballot board members to verify that absentee ballots belong to the voter named on the ballot and ballot application. The challenged rule limits the situations in which a ballot may be rejected to only those where the name signed is clearly a different name than the name of the voter as printed on the signature envelope.
The Upper Midwest Law Center Sends Demand Letter to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Golden Valley, MN – The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC), on behalf of Officer Rodney Maki, sent a letter today to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis demanding that the Fed reverse its placement of Officer Maki on unpaid leave and its threats of the termination of his employment based on his religious objection to receiving a COVID-19 vaccination produced or tested using fetal cells.
