... Appellant argues that the district court erred in concluding that to properly plead a
reprisal claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), a plaintiff must plead
facts constituting actual occurrence of illegal discrimination. ...
... The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, however, prohibits purposeful racial
discrimination in jury selection. ... 824). We have adopted the Batson three-step framework for
determining whether a peremptory challenge is motivated by racial discrimination. ...
... OPINION. LANSING, Judge. In this appeal from judgment following a court trial of a
claim under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the employer asserts that the district
court erred by finding discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. ...