Newspaper sued city council members under state open-meeting law, relating to closed meeting with legal counsel appointed by city's insurer, concerning threatened legal action against city after denial of permission for representatives of peace advocacy organization to march in Fourth of July parade. The District Court, Crow Wing County, Richard A. Zimmerman, J., granted summary judgment to city council members. Newspaper appealed.

The Court of Appeals, Natalie E. Hudson, J., held that need for absolute confidentiality, when balanced against purposes of state open-meeting law, justified closing of city council's meeting with counsel retained by its insurer, under attorney-client privilege exception to state open-meeting law.