Podruch v. State, Department of Public Safety

OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

This lawsuit challenges the fee charged by the respondent Commissioner of Public Safety for parking privileges for the physically disabled under Minn.Stat. § 169.345, subd. 3 (2000). Appellant alleges that the fee is an unfair discriminatory practice under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), specifically Minn.Stat. § 363.03, subd. 3 (2000). In two separate orders, the district court ruled that (a) the fee violated the MHRA but no injunction was necessary because the state had ceased to charge the fee; and (b) the state and the commissioner were not liable…