Minneapolis Federation of Teachers v. Minneapolis Public Schools, Special School District No. 1

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

Unions for Minneapolis School District employees sought a temporary injunction to prevent release of employee disciplinary information to newspaper reporters. The district court ruled that the unions were unlikely to prevail in their underlying declaratory judgment action challenging the constitutionality of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn.Stat. § 13.43, subd. 2(a) (1992), and that neither a disparity of harm to the parties nor public policy compelled issuance of an injunction. The unions appeal, and we affirm.

FACTS

Two Star Tribune reporters sent a…