The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally for the accomplishment of the purposes thereof. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to repeal any of the provisions of the civil rights law or of any other law of this state relating to discrimination because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, sexual orientation, or familial status; but, as to acts declared unfair by sections 363A.08 to 363A.19 , and 363A.28, subdivision 10 , the administrative procedure herein provided shall, while pending, be exclusive. The rights and remedies herein provided are in addition to, and shall not preclude, those available at law or in equity.
Minn. Stat. § 363A.04
CONSTRUCTION AND EXCLUSIVITY.
Known as the Minnesota Human Rights Act
The act spans §§ 363A.01 to 363A.50 (44 sections).
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case Frieler v. Carlson Marketing Group, Inc. (2008)
Most recently applied in Jan Kuklenski v. Medtronic USA, Inc. (April 2025)
1955 c 516 s 13; 1973 c 729 s 12; 1977 c 351 s 9; 1980 c 531 s 6; 1989 c 280 s 21; 1993 c 22 s 17; 2023 c 52 art 19 s 49; 2024 c 105 s 6
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.