State by Spannaus v. Century Camera, Inc.

OPINION

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

I

This case presents the question whether defendants’ 1 constitutional rights of free speech and due process of law, guaranteed by both federal and state constitutions, are infringed by Minn.Stat. §§ 181.75-.76 (1980). Section 181.75 prohibits employers and their agents from “directly or indirectly solicit[ing] or requir[ing]” their employees or prospective employees to take a “polygraph, voice stress analysis, or any test purporting to test [their] honesty.” 2 " 3 It also prohibits persons who sell, administer, or interpret such tests from doing so when they know…