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HUMAN RIGHTS COMM'N v. CHENEY SCH. DIST.

No. 47539-3.

97 Wn.2d 118 (1982)

641 P.2d 163

THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, Appellant, v. CHENEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 30, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, Morton M. Tytler, Senior Assistant, and Michael Flynn, Assistant, for appellant.

Joseph J. Rekofke and Winston & Cashatt, for respondent.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, Donna Leong, Assistant, and Gary Locke, amici curiae for appellant.

DORE, J.

The sole issue in the subject case is whether a hearing tribunal of the Washington State Human Rights Commission (hereinafter Commission) has authority to award compensation for humiliation and mental suffering caused by unlawful age discrimination. We hold it has no such authority.

FACTS

Mary Spangenberg applied for a teaching position at Garden Springs School in the Cheney School District (hereinafter District) in 1977 when she was 40...

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