State Ex Rel. Vanouse v. Henry

Rogosheske, Justice.

The state appeals from an order granting to defendants judgment notwithstanding a jury’s verdict and a conditional new trial, and from the judgment entered in favor of defendants.

The State Commission Against Discrimination after a hearing — and subsequently a jury after a trial de novo in the district court — found defendants “guilty” of an “unfair discriminatory practice” forbidden by Minn. St. 363.03, subd. 2(1) (a), of the State Act Against Discrimination.

Specifically, the jury by a five-sixths verdict found that defendants denied or withheld the rental of an apartment…