Court Opinion

ID: 9741285
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:52:46.449973+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:23.258536
License: Public Domain

SHERAN, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
Although the result reached in the majority opinion is felicitous, I cannot believe that the members of the Minnesota legislature who voted for the law we have been called upon to construe thought the Junior Chamber of Commerce, a service organization, to be “a place of public accommodation.” The obligation of the judiciary is to give that meaning to words accorded by common experience and understanding. To go beyond this is to intrude upon the policy-making function of the legislature. The majority opinion does that in this case to a degree which compels this expression of dissent.
PETERSON, Justice.
I join in the dissent of Chief Justice Sher-an.
TODD, Justice.
I join in the dissent of Chief Justice Sher-an.