Douglas v. City of Minneapolis

MacLaughlin, Justice.

Plaintiff, Bruce C. Douglas, on behalf of himself and other taxpayers of the city of Minneapolis, brought this action against the city of Minneapolis, its aldermen, its city treasurer, and others to enjoin the city from paying judgments entered against three of its policemen in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Plaintiffs appeal from a summary judgment granted to defendants by the trial court.

The judgments against the policemen arose out of a civil action brought in the United States District Court by David Lykken and others.1 The action was…