WILSON-SINCLAIR COMPANY v. GRIGGS

No. 55918.

211 N.W.2d 133 (1973)

WILSON-SINCLAIR COMPANY, Appellee, v. Leo L. GRIGGS and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C. J., and MASON, REYNOLDSON, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This is an appeal by Leo L. Griggs, a black, and the Iowa Civil Rights Commission from a district court decree which nullified a Commission finding that Wilson-Sinclair Company had discriminated against Griggs in his employment. We affirm the district court decision.

Wilson-Sinclair Company (Wilson) operates a meat processing plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Approximately 2600 persons are employed at this plant, of whom 75 to 80 (about 3 percent...

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