Minneapolis Police Officers Federation v. City of Minneapolis

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal in a dispute between the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation over legal representation for a police officer who is both a defendant in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and the subject of a police disciplinary action. We reverse the trial court's declaration that the city attorney's conflict of interest requires separate representation in the section 1983 action, affirm the judgment denying attorney’s fees for bringing the declaratory action, and deny attorney’s fees on appeal.

FACTS

William Chaplin is a police sergeant…