FIRST JUDICIAL, ETC. v. IOWA, ETC.

No. 65774.

315 N.W.2d 83 (1982)

FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, Appellee, v. IOWA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Scott H. Nichols, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

David J. Dutton and James R. Hellman of Mosier, Thomas, Beatty, Dutton, Braun & Staack, Waterloo, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C. J., and UHLENHOPP, HARRIS, McGIVERIN, and SCHULTZ, JJ.


UHLENHOPP, Justice.

In this appeal we determine whether an employee was the victim of discrimination and whether a state agency could be held liable as a claimed successor employer for the discriminatory act of its predecessor.

Mary Berdell is a blind, black woman living in Waterloo, Iowa. She is a trained counselor, having completed post graduate studies in education and psychology at Drake University and received a master's degree in social work from the...

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