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Cup Foods, Inc., et al. v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, et al.
Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Minnesota, No. A25-1219 · judgment February 23, 2026
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether Respondents’ actions of murdering George Floyd, placing and maintaining concrete barricades at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago for over one year, and permanently withdrawing police protection from the intersection constituted a per se taking of Petitioners’ properties.
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Whether Respondents’ actions of murdering George Floyd, placing and maintaining concrete barricades at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago for over one year, and permanently withdrawing police protection from the intersection constituted a regulatory taking of Petitioners’ properties.
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Whether Respondents’ actions of murdering George Floyd, placing and maintaining concrete barricades at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago for over one year, and permanently withdrawing police protection from the intersection constituted right of access taking of Petitioners’ properties.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Benjamin Henry Farrow V
Anderson, Williams & Farrow LLC
For respondent
Adam Edward Szymanski
City of Minneapolis - City Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Sep 03 2026Response Requested. (Due October 5, 2026)
- Sep 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent Minneapolis, MN, et al. to respond filed.
- Aug 18 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 21, 2026)