Borom v. City of St. Paul

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted by the District Court of Ramsey County.

Plaintiffs purport to bring this action as a taxpayers’ class action, alleging that “the defendant, City of Saint Paul, knows or should know that the hiring and recruitment practices of contractors engaged in performance of construction contracts with the City of Saint Paul are, and have in the past, been such that persons of minority race, creed, and color are discriminated against in such recruitment and hiring practices.”

Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief—

“a. restraining the…