Citizen Prevails Over Bemidji Merit Hearing Board Members’ Motion to Dismiss in “Sunshine” Lawsuit
The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) recently won a decisive victory for its client against the members of the City of Bemidji Merit Hearing Board in a “Sunshine” lawsuit. Sunshine laws (here, the Minnesota Open Meeting Law) require specific businesses and government agencies to maintain transparency and disclose their activities to the public. Case Background […]
UMLC Secures Major Victory in Free Speech Case Against Lakeville School District
Today, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) won a major victory for its clients against the Lakeville School District. The federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the District Court in Cajune v. Independent School District 194, holding that the Lakeville School District could not pass off Black Lives Matter posters in its hallways and […]
Victory in Discrimination Lawsuit on Behalf of Minnesota Farmer
The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC), serving as local counsel alongside the Pacific Legal Foundation, has successfully concluded a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by Lance Nistler, a white farmer from Beltrami County, Minnesota. The lawsuit led to significant changes in the eligibility criteria for the state’s Down Payment Assistance Grant program. Despite meeting all eligibility […]
Emergency powers law needs changes to prevent governors from seizing lawmakers’ power | Minnesota Law Report
While the pandemic may seem old news for some people, the courts are just finally now getting around to deciding essential issues related to our personal liberties and constitutional rights.
Dr. Scott Jensen Files Legal Brief Opposing Dismissal in Case Against Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and Its Members
Dr. Scott Jensen, whose license to practice medicine was threatened six times over nearly three years, including throughout the entirety of his campaign for Governor, filed a legal brief in support of his Amended Complaint in the federal District of Minnesota on May 23, 2024. Dr. Jensen is represented by the Upper Midwest Law Center […]
Minnesota Supreme Court Approves Governor Walz’s COVID-19 Emergency Declaration
In a decision authored by Justice Gordon Moore, the Minnesota Supreme Court today upheld Governor Walz’s declaration of the COVID-19 peacetime emergency and the constitutionality of the Minnesota Emergency Management Act (MEMA)—the law that Governor Walz used to seize control of the state for 16 months and issue one executive order after another controlling minuscule […]
Court revives case alleging DHS discrimination against Christian employee | Minnesota Law Report
On March 21, 2024, the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the federal District of Minnesota’s dismissal of a discrimination and retaliation case where the Upper Midwest Law Center’s client, Aaron Norgren, had objected to the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ mandatory critical-race-theory and gender-nonbinary “trainings” and was later refused the chance to interview […]
Dr. Scott Jensen Files Amended Complaint in Case Against Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
Dr. Scott Jensen, represented by the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) and attorney Greg Joseph, has filed an Amended Complaint against the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (BMP). Dr. Jensen, a licensed physician and former Minnesota State Senator, alleges that the BMP launched multiple investigations into his medical license in retaliation for his protected speech […]
The Liberty Justice Center and Pacific Legal Foundation File Lawsuit to Defend Farmers Against Unconstitutional Takings Scheme
On April 16, the Liberty Justice Center and Pacific Legal Foundation jointly filed a lawsuit to challenge a federal law that unconstitutionally takes farmers’ property without compensation. In 1985, Congress passed “Swampbuster,” a law that aims to protect the nation’s wetlands by requiring farmers to leave any land on their property deemed “wetlands” untouched. To ensure compliance, […]
Lakeville schools’ classic violation of the First Amendment | Minnesota Law Report
On the latest episode of Minnesota Law Report, attorney Allie Howell discusses a current UMLC case in which Lakeville Area Schools promoted the political views of some of its community but refused to allow alternative messages.