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IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COM'N v. MASSEY-FERGUSON, INC.

No. 55556.

207 N.W.2d 5 (1973)

IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION and Heriberto Zamora, Appellants, v. MASSEY-FERGUSON, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Roxanne Barton Conlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Swift, Brown, Rogers, Winick & Randall, by John R. Phillips, Des Moines, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C.J., and RAWLINGS, REES, REYNOLDSON and HARRIS, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

The basic issue in this civil rights case is whether the following provision in § 105A.9(15), The Code, 1966 [now § 601A.9(15), The Code, 1973] shall be construed as mandatory or merely directory:

"Any complaint filed under this chapter shall be so filed within ninety days after the alleged discriminatory or unfair practice occurred."

Trial court interpreted this language to be mandatory, held the proceedings barred...

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