Minneapolis Discrimination Lawyer, Minnesota, page 3

... Appellant argues that the district court erred in concluding that to properly plead a reprisal claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), a plaintiff must plead facts constituting actual occurrence of illegal discrimination. ...

... The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, however, prohibits purposeful racial discrimination in jury selection. ... 824). We have adopted the Batson three-step framework for determining whether a peremptory challenge is motivated by racial discrimination. ...

... OPINION. LANSING, Judge. In this appeal from judgment following a court trial of a claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the employer asserts that the district court erred by finding discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. ...