Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. v. Housing & Redevelopment Authority ex rel. City of Minneapolis

SCOTT, Justice.

Plaintiffs, Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, Peter Ackerberg, and Leonard J. Canning, commenced this action to obtain a temporary and permanent injunction prohibiting defendant Housing and Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter HRA) and the individual defendants from conducting official meetings closed to the public. In addition, plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment that all meetings of the HRA convened for the purpose of transacting public business be open to the public, and the imposition of civil penalties pursuant to Minn.St. 471.705, the Minnesota Open Meeting Law.

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