Background
On November 29, 2011, the Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign (MN BBC), along with 26 other co-plaintiffs, including Palestinian residents of the besieged village of Bil’in in the Occupied West Bank and Jewish-Israeli members of the Israeli human rights group Boycott From Within, served a lawsuit against the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) demanding that it cancel its Israel Bonds investments. The suit was filed in court on December 15, 2011, after the plaintiffs gave the SBI an opportunity to resolve MN BBC’s divestment demand without the necessity of court action. The lawsuit claims that the Board’s investments in Israel Bonds are unlawful according to Minnesota and international law. For more information on the lawsuit, visit the MN BBC vs. SBI Lawsuit Archive.
Lawsuit Documents in chronological order (click individually for PDFs):
1. MNBBC v. SBI Full Complaint
3. MN BBC Opposition to the SBI’s Motion to Dismiss
4. SBI Response to MNBBC’s Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
5. Plaintiff’s Summary Judgment Motion
6a. SBI’s Response to Summary Judgment Motion Part 1
6b. SBI’s Response to Summary Judgment Motion Part 2
7. MN BBC Response to SBI’s Opposition to Summary Judgment Motion
8. MNBBC et.al._Proposed_Order
10a. SBI Proposed Order Part 1
10b. SBI Proposed Order Part 2
11. Judge’s Order to Dismiss Case
12. Notice of Appeal with Appeal Filings
13. MN BBC (Appellant’s) Appeal Brief
14. SBI (Respondent’s) Appeal Brief
15. MNBBC (Appellant’s) Reply Brief
16. Court of Appeals Decision to deny MN BBC et. al. Appeal
17. MNBBC Appeal Petition to State Supreme Court
18. SBI’s Response to MN BBC’s Petition for Review
19. MN Supreme Court Decision to Deny Petition for Review
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