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GEYER SIGNAL, INC. v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Civil No. 11-321 (JRT/LIB).

GEYER SIGNAL, INC. and KEVIN KISSNER, Plaintiffs, v. MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, MARY PRESCOTT in her capacity as Acting Director of the Office of Civil Rights, and CHARLES A. ZELLE, Defendants, and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, and FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION Intervenor Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

March 31, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie A. Doherty , FABYANSKE WESTRA HART & THOMSON, PA, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 1900, Minneapolis, MN 55402; and Hannah R. Stein , NIERENBERG EMPLOYMENT LAW, PLLC, 222 South Ninth Street, Suite 1600, Minneapolis, MN 55402, for plaintiffs.

Andrew G. Braniff , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Room 4520, Washington, DC 20530; and Jeffrey Scott Thompson and Richard L. Varco, Jr. , MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1800, Saint Paul, MN 55101, for defendants Minnesota Department of Transportation, Mary Prescott and Charles A. Zelle.

Andrew G. Braniff , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Room 4520, Washington, DC 20530, for defendants United States of America, United States Department of Transportation, and Federal Highway Administration.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN R. RUNHEIM, District Judge.

Geyer Signal, Inc. ("Geyer Signal") and Kevin Kissner (collectively, "Plaintiffs") bring this action against the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Alex Tittle, in his capacity as Interim Director of the Office of Civil Rights,1 and Charles A. Zelle as Commissioner of Transportation, (collectively, "State Defendants" or "MnDOT"). Kissner is a white male and owns...

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