IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
1. That the plaintiffs’ (Unity Church of St. Paul et al) motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act 2002, known as Senate File 842, violates Article 4, Section 17 of the Minnesota Constitution because it embraces more than one subject matter is hereby GRANTED and is therefore declared unconstitutional.
2. Intervening plaintiffs Adath Jeshurun Congregation’s (Religious intervenors) motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act 2002, known of Senate File 842, violates Article 4, Section 17 of the Minnesota Constitution because it embraces more than one subject matter is hereby GRANTED and is therefore declared unconstitutional.
3. Intervening plaintiff The City of Minneapolis’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act 2002, known of Senate File 842, violates Article 4, Section 17 of the Minnesota Constitution because it embraces more than one subject matter is hereby GRANTED and is therefore declared unconstitutional.
4. The intervening plaintiff’s, People Serving People, Incorporated, et al., (Charitable agencies) motion for summary judgment on the grounds that the Minnesota Citizens Personal Protection Act 2002, known of Senate File 842, violates Article 4, Section 17 of the Minnesota Constitution because it embraces more than one subject matter is hereby GRANTED and is therefore declared unconstitutional.
5. The defendant State of Minnesota’s motion for partial summary judgment is hereby DENIED in all respects.
6. Judgment is GRANTED plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs against defendant finding that the part of SF842 (2003) that amends M.S.A. 624.714 was enacted in violation of Minnesota Constitution Article 45, Section 17 and the defendants, their employees, and agents are permanently enjoined and prohibited from taking any action to enforce the unconstitutional provisions of the Act which is hereby severed from the other part of SF842.
7. That all parties shall pay their own attorney’s fees.
8. The attached Memorandum is made a part of this Order pursuant to Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure 52.02.
LET JUDGMENT BE ENTERED ACCORDINGLY.
BY THE COURT:
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John T. Finley
Judge of District Court
Dated this _____ day of July, 2004.
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