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Legal Interpretation & Authority (115 opinions)
Legislative authority and intent
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Advisory Opinion 12-010 12-010An individual who was pulled over by peace officers and subjected to a strip search asked for access to the squad car video of the incident. The City denied access, saying it was private personnel data because there is …
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Advisory Opinion 05-036 05-036Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a data request for contact information about city council candidates?
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Advisory Opinion 05-035 05-035Are the following data classified as public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.43, subdivision 3: a written report provided to a school district by a consultant? Are the following data classified as public pursu…
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Advisory Opinion 05-029 05-029Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data the City of Kimball typically would include in the minutes of an open meeting: two resolutions regarding the discipline of two…
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Advisory Opinion 05-023 05-023Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data: street addresses of rental properties, occupied by recipients of rental assistance benefits, which are owned by the Washingto…
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Advisory Opinion 05-021 05-021Do routine, written K-12 classroom tests and quizzes which are completed by students and count toward their grade for the class fall within the definition of
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Advisory Opinion 05-018 05-018Did the City of Saint Paul comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for certain data about a former City employee?
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Advisory Opinion 05-011 05-011Did Resource Training and Solutions comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for a copy of the following data: all financial documents pertaining to the health insurance pool and the annual…
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Advisory Opinion 04-077 04-077Did the City of Saint Paul comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request to gain access to the addresses of those businesses and individuals who are the ultimate recipients of either loans or gr…
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Advisory Opinion 04-024 04-024Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did School District 77, Mankato, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in publishing certain data about a student in a yearbook? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter …
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Advisory Opinion 04-021 04-021Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 15.17, if the Minnesota Department of Human Services does not create any data relating to its decision to deny a parent access to data about th…
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Advisory Opinion 04-016 04-016Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would a library violate the rights of a minor data subject if the library released to the minor's parents a list of books borrowed by the minor?
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Advisory Opinion 04-009 04-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Gary Fischler and Associates violate a data subject's rights by not providing a Tennessen warning notice prior to collecting data as part of a psychological evaluation? Pu…Contracts/privatization Data subjects Educational data Legislative authority and intent Tennessen warning #Clause to be inferred #Informed consent vs. Tennessen #Private party contracts with government (13.05, subd. 11; see also: Helmberger v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 839 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. 2013).) #Relationship of informed consent to Tennessen warning #Vocational rehabilitation data
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Advisory Opinion 04-001 04-001Is the Minnesota FAIR Plan Board subject to the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13D?
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Advisory Opinion 03-032 03-032The City of Minneapolis requires certain individuals to provide the name of the source of a loan as part of a statement of economic interest. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, how are the data classified for t…Elected and appointed officials Legislative authority and intent Statutory construction (Ch. 645) Statutory construction (Ch. 645) Statutory construction (Ch. 645) #Absurd or unreasonable result (645.17) #Campaign finance and public disclosure (Chapter 10A) #Conflicting or irreconcilable provisions (645.26) #Financial disclosure #Financial disclosure statements
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Advisory Opinion 03-021 03-021What is the classification of the following data that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources maintains: a list of each Conservation Officer's annual citation numbers for the past two years?
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Advisory Opinion 03-008 03-008What is the classification of the following data that the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities maintains: the identities of professors affected by the career steps provision in the Inter Faculty Organization contra…
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Advisory Opinion 02-048 02-048What is the classification of the following data that the Dakota County Community Development Agency maintains:
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Advisory Opinion 02-042 02-042Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Rice County respond appropriately to a July 22, 2002, request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 02-036 02-036Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, has the Minnesota Secretary of State Office (OSS) responded appropriately to a request to inspect - via downloading - the following data: all UCCs, tax liens, and many other pu…
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Advisory Opinion 02-031 02-031Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the City of New Prague maintains: the names and addresses of utility customers to whom the City provides electric, water,…
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Advisory Opinion 02-015 02-015Does School District 1, Minneapolis, have an obligation to provide teaching staff with the Tennessen warning notice detailed in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.04, subdivision 2, concerning the collection and use of teac…
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Advisory Opinion 02-011 02-011Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03, subdivision 3, clauses (c) and (d), has the City of St. Paul sufficiently justified its charge of $600 for a copy of public data in the database for vehicles towed to the C…
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Advisory Opinion 02-003 02-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in response to a November 14, 2001, data request, did the Ramsey County Library Board properly deny access to certain calendar/telephone register notes of the Library Director?
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Advisory Opinion 01-091 01-091Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.46, did the Minnesota Department of Human Services respond appropriately to a request for data gathered in connection with the day care licensing process?