Legal Opinion

Lamb v. Village of Bagley

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided September 25, 1981No. 51923PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMONETT, Justice.

We granted a petition to review the decision of a three-judge district court panel affirming the decision of the hearing examiner that respondent village did not violate Minn.Stat. § 363.03, subd. 1(2) (1980), by discriminating against one of its police officers on the basis of race, nor did the city invoke unfair reprisals against the police officer contrary to subdivision 7 of the same section. We reverse.

Appellant Joseph Lamb, 1 who is half Indian, worked from June 1974 through May 1975 for the Police Department of the Village of Bagley. During this 1-year period the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Danz v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  3. City of Minneapolis v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
  4. Dakota County Abstract Co. v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  5. Thompson v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980

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