Alejandro Cruz-Guzman, as Guardian and Next Friend of His Minor Children, Appellants/cross-Respondents v. State Of…

Summary

The court held that claims alleging that Minnesota failed to provide an adequate and desegregated education are justiciable and do not present nonjusticiable political questions. It concluded that courts may determine whether the Legislature has complied with constitutional duties without dictating educational policy, and that legislative immunity and nonjoinder did not require dismissal. The court therefore reversed the court of appeals. Justice Anderson, joined by Chief Justice Gildea, dissented and would have held that the adequacy claims were textually committed to the Legislature and nonjusticiable.