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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A09-1616 Jimmie Edwards, Appellant, vs. Hopkins Plaza Limited Partnership, et al., Respondents. Filed June 1, 2010 Affirmed Kalitowski, Judge Hennepin County District Court File No. 27-CV-08-23378 Lael Robertson, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for appellant) James R. Behrenbrinker, Benjamin R. Elwood, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondents) Aaron D. Van Oort, Alissa M. Raddatz, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Todd B. Liljenquist, Minnesota Multi Housing Association, Bloomington, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Minnesota Multi Housing Association) Joseph D. Rich (pro hac vice), Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C. (for amici curiae National Fair Housing Alliance, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs) Edward G. Kramer (pro hac vice), The Fair Housing Law Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (for amicus curiae The Housing Advocates, Inc.) Considered and decided by Bjorkman, Presiding Judge; Kalitowski, Judge; and Minge, Judge.

SYLLABUS 1. A property owners business decision to end participation in a Section 8

housing choice voucher program and to consequently stop renting to a Section 8 tenant does not constitute discrimination based on the tenants status with regard to public assistance under Minn. Stat.

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