153075P.pdf   08/19/2016  Basim Sabri  v.  Whittier Alliance
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3075
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Bright and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil rights. In action by members of the Alliance claiming 
   the City of Minneapolis and the Alliance had adopted policies designed to 
   deprive them of their First Amendment rights, the plaintiffs had standing 
   to challenge the antidefamation bylaw passed by the Alliance as it 
   restricted their ability as members of the Alliance to vote for Board 
   candidates of their choice; further, their injury can be traced to the 
   objected-to bylaw and could be redressed by the relief they seek; however, 
   the adoption of the bylaws did not amount to state action as the City's 
   recommendation to amend the bylaws was not coercive and the Alliance's 
   receipt of public funds did not convert private actions by the Alliance 
   into state action. Judge Shepherd concurring in part and dissenting in 
   part.