Legal Opinion
Scott Booth v. Sheryl Ramstad Hvass
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2002No. 01-3210PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
I. Background
On October 17, 2000, the plaintiffs-appellants, a group of male Minnesota taxpayers, filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, seeking a declaratory judgment that the Minnesota statutory scheme for dispersing state and federal funds to assist battered women and victims of domestic abuse is unconstitutional. The men alleged that the statutory scheme, Minn. Stat. §§ 611A.31-375 (2000) (hereinafter “the domestic abuse statutes”), discriminates against men in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the United States…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Booth v. HvassCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002